Psalms 75

1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm by Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

Unto the end. May you not be corrupted. A Canticle Psalm of Asaph. We will confess to you, O God. We will confess, and we will call upon your name. We will describe your wonders.

2 When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.

While I have time, I will judge justices.

3 The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. (Selah)

The earth has been dissolved, with all who dwell in it. I have confirmed its pillars.

4 I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.

I said to the iniquitous: “Do not act unjustly,” and to the offenders: “Do not exalt the horn.”

5 Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”

Do not exalt your horn on high. Do not speak iniquity against God.

6 For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.

For it is neither from the east, nor from the west, nor before the desert mountains.

7 But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

For God is judge. This one he humbles and that one he exalts.

8 For in the LORD’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.

For, in the hand of the Lord, there is a cup of undiluted wine, full of consternation. And he has tipped it from here to there. So, truly, its dregs have not been emptied. All the sinners of the earth will drink.

9 But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

But I will announce it in every age. I will sing to the God of Jacob.

10 I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

And I will break all the horns of sinners. And the horns of the just will be exalted.