上帝是審判者

亞薩的詩,交給樂長,調用「休要毀壞」。

75 上帝啊,
我們稱謝你,我們稱謝你,
因為你與我們同在。
人們都述說你奇妙的作為。
你說:「我已定好時間,
我必秉公審判。
大地震動,世人戰抖的時候,
是我使地的根基穩固。(細拉)
我警告狂妄人不要再狂傲,
告誡惡人不要再張狂。
不要再狂妄自大,
不要說話傲氣沖天。」
人的尊貴不是來自東方,
不是來自西方,
也不是來自曠野。
決定人尊貴的是上帝:
祂擢升這個,貶抑那個。
耶和華手中的杯裡盛滿泛著泡沫、精工調製的怒酒。
祂倒出怒酒,讓世上的惡人喝得一滴不剩。
我要永遠宣揚祂的作為,
我要頌讚雅各的上帝。
10 上帝必剷除惡人的勢力,
使義人充滿力量。

Asaph wrote this song for the music leader. He should use special music.

God judges people fairly

75 God, we thank you!
    Yes, we thank you!
You are very near to us.
People everywhere say what great things you have done.
God says, ‘I choose the time when I will judge people,
    and I will be a fair judge.
When the earth shakes and the people in it are afraid,
    I will keep its foundations strong.’
Selah.
I say to people who are proud,
    ‘Do not be proud.’
I say to wicked people,
    ‘Do not boast about your power.
Do not boast against God.
    Do not speak with such proud words.’
Who has the power to judge people?
Nobody from the east, or from the west,
    or from the desert can be judge.
God is the one who judges people.
He decides who to bring down
    and who to lift up.[a]
The Lord holds a cup of punishment in his hand.[b]
    It is full of wine, with spices in it.
The Lord pours out his anger from this cup.
All the wicked people in the world will have to drink it.
    They will drink all of it, so that none remains.

But as for me, I will always thank you, God.
I will sing to praise you,
    the God of Jacob.
10 You say, ‘I will destroy the power of wicked people.
    I will give strength to my righteous people.’

Footnotes

  1. 75:7 God says that one person is wrong (he brings them down) and another person is right (he lifts them up).
  2. 75:8 A cup with strong wine in it is a picture of God's anger and punishment.