Psalm 75

God the Judge

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

75God, we thank you;

we thank you because you are near.

We tell about the miracles you do.

²You say, “I set the time for trial,

and I will judge fairly.

³The earth with all its people may shake,

but I am the one who holds it steady.

Selah

⁴I say to those who are proud, ‘Don’t brag,’

and to the wicked, ‘Don’t show your power.

⁵Don’t try to use your power against heaven.

Don’t be stubborn.’ ”

⁶No one from the east or the west

or the desert can judge you.

⁷God is the judge;

he judges one person as guilty and another as innocent.

⁸The Lord holds a cup of anger in his hand;

it is full of wine mixed with spices.

He pours it out even to the last drop,

and the wicked drink it all.

⁹I will tell about this forever;

I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

¹⁰He will take all power away from the wicked,

but the power of good people will grow.