Psalms 75

1 For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph. We will give thanks to you, O God, we will give thanks, and call upon your name: I will declare all your wonderful works.

For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

2 When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously.

“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.

3 The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. (Pause)

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars.

4 I said to the transgressors, Do not transgress; and to the sinners, Lift not up the horn.

I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

5 Lift not up your horn on high; speak not unrighteousness against God.

Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

6 For [good comes] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains.

For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

7 For God is the judge; he puts down one, and raises up another.

but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

8 For [there is] a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled wine; and he has turned [it] from side to side, but its dregs have not been wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink [them].

For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

9 But I will exult for ever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

10 And I will break all the horns of sinners; but the horns of the righteous one shall be exalted.

“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”