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God Judges with Equity

For the choir director. [a]Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph. [b]A Song.

75 We (A)give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks,
For Your name is (B)near;
Men recount (C)Your wondrous deeds.
“For I select an (D)appointed time,
It is I who (E)judge with equity.
The (F)earth and all who dwell in it [c]melt;
It is I who have firmly set its (G)pillars. [d]Selah.
I said to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
And to the wicked, ‘(H)Do not raise up the horn;
Do not raise up your horn on high,
(I)Nor speak with insolent [e]pride.’”

For one’s rising up does not come from the east, nor from the west,
And not from the [f](J)desert;
But (K)God is the Judge;
He (L)puts down one and raises up another.
For a (M)cup is in the hand of Yahweh, and the wine foams;
It is (N)full of His mixture, and He pours from this;
Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and (O)drink down its dregs.

But as for me, I will (P)declare it forever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 And all the (Q)horns of the wicked I will cut off,
But (R)the horns of the righteous will be raised up.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75 Title Lit Do Not Destroy
  2. Psalm 75 Title Possibly a title for a tune, cf. Deut 9:26; 1 Sam 26:9; Is 65:8
  3. Psalm 75:3 Or totter
  4. Psalm 75:3 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  5. Psalm 75:5 Lit neck
  6. Psalm 75:6 Or mountainous desert

Psalm 75

God Judges the Wicked

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.”[a] A psalm of Asaph.(A) A song.

We give thanks to You, God;
we give thanks to You, for Your name is near.
People tell about Your wonderful works.(B)

“When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.(C)
When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the One who steadies its pillars.(D)Selah
I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.(E)
Do not lift up your horn against heaven
or speak arrogantly.’”(F)

Exaltation does not come
from the east, the west, or the desert,
for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.(G)
For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.(H)

As for me, I will tell about Him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.(I)

10 “I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,(J)
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”(K)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75:1 Possibly a tune