Psalm 75

Psalm 75^a

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

¹We praise you, God,

we praise you, for your Name is near;^o

people tell of your wonderful deeds.^p

²You say, “I choose the appointed time;^q

it is I who judge with equity.^r

³When the earth and all its people quake,^s

it is I who hold its pillars^t firm.^b

⁴To the arrogant^u I say, ‘Boast no more,’^v

and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.^cw

⁵Do not lift your horns against heaven;

do not speak so defiantly.^x’ ”

⁶No one from the east or the west

or from the desert can exalt themselves.

⁷It is God who judges:^y

He brings one down, he exalts another.^z

⁸In the hand of the Lord is a cup

full of foaming wine mixed^a with spices;

he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth

drink it down to its very dregs.^b

⁹As for me, I will declare^c this forever;

I will sing^d praise to the God of Jacob,^e

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

but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”^f