Psalm 75–76

Psalm 75

To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” a Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

¹We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!

For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.

²“When I choose the ²proper time,

I will judge uprightly.

³The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved;

I set up its pillars firmly.

Selah

⁴“I said to the boastful, ‘Do not deal boastfully,’

And to the wicked, ^b‘Do not ³lift up the horn.

⁵Do not lift up your horn on high;

Do not speak with ⁴a stiff neck.’ ”

⁶For exaltation comes neither from the east

Nor from the west nor from the south.

⁷But ^cGod is the Judge:

^dHe puts down one,

And exalts another.

⁸For ^ein the hand of the Lord there is a cup,

And the wine is red;

It is fully mixed, and He pours it out;

Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth

Drain and drink down.

⁹But I will declare forever,

I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

¹⁰“All ^fthe ⁵horns of the wicked I will also cut off,

But ^gthe horns of the righteous shall be ^hexalted.”

Psalm 76

To the Chief Musician. On Stringed Instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

¹In ^aJudah God is known; His name is great in Israel.

²In ²Salem also is His tabernacle,

And His dwelling place in Zion.

³There He broke the arrows of the bow,

The shield and sword of battle.

Selah

⁴You are more glorious and excellent

^bThan the mountains of prey.

^5cThe stouthearted were plundered;

^dThey ³have sunk into their sleep;

And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands.

^6eAt Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,

Both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep.

⁷You, Yourself, are to be feared;

And ^fwho may stand in Your presence

When once You are angry?

^8gYou caused judgment to be heard from heaven;

^hThe earth feared and was still,

⁹When God ⁱarose to judgment,

To deliver all the oppressed of the earth.

Selah

^10jSurely the wrath of man shall praise You;

With the remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself.

^11kMake vows to the Lord your God, and pay them;

^lLet all who are around Him bring presents to Him who ought to be feared.

¹²He shall cut off the spirit of princes;

^mHe is awesome to the kings of the earth.