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.

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. To thee, O God, do we give thanks, [to thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near, thy 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 its inhabitants 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 to 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 [cometh] 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 putteth down one, and setteth 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 poureth out of the same: but the dregs of it 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.