Psalm 75

 

For the director of music.  To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.”  A psalm of Asaph.  A song.

 

 

1                    We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your Name is near; men tell of your wonderful deeds.

 

2                    You say, “I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge uprightly.

 

3                    When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.

Selah

 

4                    To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.

 

5                    Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak with outstretched neck.’”

 

6                    No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man.

 

7                    But it is God who judges: He brings one down, He exalts another.

 

8                    In the hand of the LORD is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; He pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.

 

9                    As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

 

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