Psalms 75

1 To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A Psalm of Asaph. — A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near [is] Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

2 When I receive an appointment, I — I do judge uprightly.

When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

3 Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I — I have pondered its pillars. (Selah)

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

4 I have said to the boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'

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

5 Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)

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

6 For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness — [is] elevation.

For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

7 But God [is] judge, This He maketh low — and this He lifteth up.

But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

8 For a cup [is] in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,

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 thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them] out, [and] drink [them].

9 And I — I declare [it] to the age, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.

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

10 And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!

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