Psalms 75

1 For the leader; al tashheth. A psalm of Asaph, a song. We praise you, God, we praise you: we would call on your name and declare your wonders.

Unto you, O God, do we give thanks, unto you do we give thanks: for that your name is near your wondrous works declare.

2 ‘At the time I choose, I will judge fairly.

When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

3 Though earth melt and all her inhabitants, it is I who keep steady her pillars.’ (Selah)

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. (Selah)

4 I say to the boasters, ‘Boast not’; to the wicked, ‘Lift not up your horn:

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

5 lift not your horn on high, speak not boldly against the Rock.’

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

6 For not from east nor west, not from desert nor mountains;

For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

7 but God himself is the judge, humbling one and exalting another.

But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another.

8 In the hand of the Lord is a cup foaming wine, richly spiced. Out of this he pours a draught, and all the wicked of earth must drain it down to the dregs.

For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he pours out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

9 But I will rejoice forever, singing praise to the God of Jacob.

But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10 I will hew all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the just shall be lifted.

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.