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。

God the Judge

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph [C a Levitical musician, a descendant of Gershon, at the time of David; 1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17; 2 Chr. 5:12]. A song.

75 God, we ·thank [praise] you;
    we ·thank [praise] you because ·you [L your name] are near.
We tell about the ·miracles [wonders] you do.

You say, “I set ·the time for trial [L an appointed time],
    and I will judge ·fairly [with integrity].
The earth with all its people may ·shake [totter],
    but I ·am the one who holds it steady [L set/establish its pillars; C the idea was that the earth was supported by pillars]. ·Selah [Interlude]
I say to those who ·are proud [brag; boast], ‘Don’t ·be proud [brag; boast],’
    and to the wicked, ‘Don’t ·show your power [L exalt your horn; C a horn is a symbol of strength].
Don’t ·try to use your power [L exalt your horn] against ·heaven [L the heights; or on high].
    Don’t ·be stubborn [L speak with an insolent neck].’”

No one from the east or the west
    or the ·desert [wilderness] ·can judge you [comes exalting].
God is the judge;
    he ·judges one person as guilty [L puts one down] and ·another as innocent [L raises another up].
The Lord holds a cup in his hand;
    it is ·full of wine mixed with [foaming wine full of] spices [C the cup of God’s wrath; 60:3; Jer. 25:15–29; Nah. 3:11; Matt. 26:39].
He pours it out ·even to the last drop [until its dregs drain out],
    and the wicked drink it all.

I will tell about this forever;
    I will ·sing praise [make a psalm] to the God of Jacob.
10 ·He will take all power away from [L I will cut off all the horns of] the wicked [v. 4],
    but the ·power [L horn] of ·good [righteous] people will ·grow [be exalted].