Psalm 75–76

Psalm 75

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

¹We give thanks unto thee, O God;

We give thanks, for thy name is near:

Men tell of thy wondrous works.

²When I shall find the set time,

I will judge uprightly.

³The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved:

I have set up the pillars of it. Selah

⁴I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly;

And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

⁵Lift not up your horn on high;

Speak not with a stiff neck.

⁶For neither from the east, nor from the west,

Nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up.

⁷But God is the judge:

He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

⁸For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth;

It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same:

Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

⁹But I will declare for ever,

I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

¹⁰All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;

But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

Psalm 76

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

¹In Judah is God known:

His name is great in Israel.

²In Salem also is his tabernacle,

And his dwelling-place in Zion.

³There he brake the arrows of the bow;

The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah

⁴Glorious art thou and excellent,

From the mountains of prey.

⁵The stouthearted are made a spoil,

They have slept their sleep;

And none of the men of might have found their hands.

⁶At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,

Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.

⁷Thou, even thou, art to be feared;

And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

⁸Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven;

The earth feared, and was still,

⁹When God arose to judgment,

To save all the meek of the earth. Selah

¹⁰Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee:

The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.

¹¹Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God:

Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

¹²He will cut off the spirit of princes:

He is terrible to the kings of the earth.