Psalm 75–76

Thanksgiving for God’s Future Help

75For the music director, according to Do Not Destroy.

A psalm of Asaph. A song.^a

¹We give thanks to you, O God;

we give thanks, and your name is near.

Your wonderful deeds are told.^b

²“I will indeed set an appointed time;

I will judge fairly.^c

³The earth and all its inhabitants are shaking;^d

I steady^e its columns. Selah

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

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

⁵Do not lift up high your^f horn.

Do not speak with arrogant pride.’ ”^g

⁶For it is not from the east or the west

and not from the south^h that lifting up comes,

⁷rather God is the judge;

one he brings low, and another he lifts up.

⁸For there is a cup in the hand of Yahweh

withⁱ wine that foams, fully mixed,

and he pours out from this.

Surely all the wicked of the land

will quaff it down to its dregs. ^j

⁹But as for me, I will proclaim forever;

I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

¹⁰“And all the horns of the wicked I will cut off.

The horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”

Praise to God for His Rescue of Israel

76For the music director, with stringed instruments.

A psalm of Asaph. A song.^a

¹God is known in Judah.

His name is great in Israel.

²His den^b has been in Salem,

his lair^c in Zion.

³There he broke the flames of the bow,

the shield and sword and battle. Selah

⁴Radiant^d you are, majestic,

from^e the mountains of prey.

⁵The stouthearted are plundered;

they sleep their sleep,

and all the able men cannot use^f their hands.

⁶At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,

both rider^g and horse slumber.

⁷You, indeed, are to be feared,^h

and who can stand before you

when you are angry? ⁱ

⁸From heaven you proclaimed judgment.

The earth feared and was still

⁹when God rose for justice,

to save all the afflicted of the land. Selah

¹⁰For the anger of humankind will praise you.

You will put on the remnant of anger.^j

¹¹Make vows and fulfill them to Yahweh, your God;

let all surrounding him

bring tribute to the one to be feared.^k

¹²He cuts off the spirit of leaders.

He is to be feared by the kings of the earth.