Psalms 75

1 To the chief Musician, Altaschith, 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.

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 shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

While I have time, I will judge justices.

3 The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved: I bear up its pillars. (Selah)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 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 its dregs, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

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

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