Psalms 75

1 We give thanks to you; our God, we thank you. You are close to us, and we proclaim to others the wonderful things that you have done [for us].

Unto the end, corrupt not, a psalm of a canticle for Asaph. We will praise thee, O God: we will praise, and we will call upon thy name. We will relate thy wondrous works:

2 [You have said], “I have appointed a time when I will judge people, and I will judge [everyone] fairly.

When I shall take a time, I will judge justices.

3 When the earth shakes and all the creatures on the earth tremble, I am the one who will (keep its foundations steady/prevent it from being destroyed).

The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: I have established the pillars thereof.

4 I say to people who (boast/talk proudly about themselves), ‘Stop bragging!’ and I say to wicked people, ‘Do not proudly [do things to] show how great you are [IDM]!

I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly: and to the sinners: Lift not up the horn.

5 Do not be arrogant, and do not speak so boastfully!’”

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not iniquity against God.

6 The one who judges people does not come from the east or from the west, and he does not come from the desert.

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert hills:

7 God is the one who judges people; he says that some have sinned and must be punished, and that others have not done what is wrong.

For God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up:

8 [It is as though] Yahweh holds a cup in his hand; it is filled with wine that [has spices] mixed in it [to cause those who drink it to become more drunk]; and when Yahweh pours it out, he will force all the wicked people to drink it; they will drink every drop of it, [which means that he will give them all the punishment that they deserve].

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of strong wine full of mixture. And he hath poured it out from this to that: but the dregs thereof are not emptied: all the sinners of the earth shall drink.

9 But [as for me], I will never stop saying what the God whom Jacob [worshiped has done]; I will never quit singing to praise him.

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

10 He will destroy the power [IDM] of wicked people, but he will cause righteous people to become more powerful.

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