Psalm 75

GOD JUDGES THE WICKED

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph.y A song.

1 We give thanks to you, God;

we give thanks to you, for your name is near.*

People tell about your wondrous works.z

2 “When I choose a time,

I will judge fairly.aa

3 When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,

I am the one who steadies its pillars.ab

Selah

4 I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’

and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.ac

5 Do not lift up your horn against heavenA

or speak arrogantly.’ ”ad

6 Exaltation does not come

from the east, the west, or the desert,

7 for God is the Judge:

He brings down one and exalts another.ae

8 For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,

full of wine blended with spices, and he pours from it.

All the wicked of the earth will drink,

draining it to the dregs.af

9 As for me, I will tell about him forever;

I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.a

10 “I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,b

but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”c