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Thanksgiving for God’s Future Help

For the music director, according to Do Not Destroy.

A psalm of Asaph. A song.[a]

75 We give thanks to you, O God;
we give thanks, and your name is near.
Your wonderful deeds are told.[b]
“I will indeed set an appointed time;
I will judge fairly.[c]
The earth and all its inhabitants are shaking;[d]
I steady[e] its columns. Selah
I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast!’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn!
Do not lift up high your[f] horn.
Do not speak with arrogant pride.’”[g]
For it is not from the east or the west
and not from the south[h] that lifting up comes,
rather God is the judge;
one he brings low, and another he lifts up.
For there is a cup in the hand of Yahweh
with[i] wine that foams, fully mixed,
and he pours out from this.
Surely all the wicked of the land
will quaff it down to its dregs. [j]
But as for me, I will proclaim forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10 “And all the horns of the wicked I will cut off.
The horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
  2. Psalm 75:1 Hebrew “They tell your wonderful deeds”
  3. Psalm 75:2 Hebrew “I, I will judge” might be emphatic
  4. Psalm 75:3 Or “melting away”
  5. Psalm 75:3 Hebrew “I, I steady” might be emphatic
  6. Psalm 75:5 Plural
  7. Psalm 75:5 Hebrew “an unrestrained neck”
  8. Psalm 75:6 Hebrew “wilderness”
  9. Psalm 75:8 Hebrew “and”
  10. Psalm 75:8 Literally “they will drain, they will drink its dregs”

Psalm 75

Thanksgiving for God’s Wondrous Deeds

To the leader: Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

We give thanks to you, O God;
    we give thanks; your name is near.
People tell of your wondrous deeds.(A)

At the set time that I appoint,
    I will judge with equity.
When the earth totters, with all its inhabitants,
    it is I who keep its pillars steady. Selah
I say to the boastful, “Do not boast,”
    and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horn;(B)
do not lift up your horn on high
    or speak with insolent neck.”(C)

For not from the east or from the west
    and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,(D)
but it is God who executes judgment,
    putting down one and lifting up another.(E)
For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup
    with foaming wine, well mixed;
he will pour a draught from it,
    and all the wicked of the earth
    shall drain it down to the dregs.(F)
But I will rejoice[a] forever;
    I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.(G)

10 All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
    but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.(H)

Footnotes

  1. 75.9 Gk: Heb declare