Psalm 75[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph. A song.

We praise you, God,
    we praise you, for your Name is near;(A)
    people tell of your wonderful deeds.(B)

You say, “I choose the appointed time;(C)
    it is I who judge with equity.(D)
When the earth and all its people quake,(E)
    it is I who hold its pillars(F) firm.[b]
To the arrogant(G) I say, ‘Boast no more,’(H)
    and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.[c](I)
Do not lift your horns against heaven;
    do not speak so defiantly.(J)’”

No one from the east or the west
    or from the desert can exalt themselves.
It is God who judges:(K)
    He brings one down, he exalts another.(L)
In the hand of the Lord is a cup
    full of foaming wine mixed(M) with spices;
he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth
    drink it down to its very dregs.(N)

As for me, I will declare(O) this forever;
    I will sing(P) praise to the God of Jacob,(Q)
10 who says, “I will cut off the horns of all the wicked,
    but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”(R)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75:1 In Hebrew texts 75:1-10 is numbered 75:2-11.
  2. Psalm 75:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
  3. Psalm 75:4 Horns here symbolize strength; also in verses 5 and 10.

亞薩的詩歌。交給聖詠團長,曲調用「休要毀壞」。

 神是審判者

75  神啊,我們稱謝你,我們稱謝你!
    你的名臨近,人[a]都述說你奇妙的作為。

我選定了日期,
    必按正直施行審判。
地和其上的居民都熔化了;
    我親自堅立地的柱子。(細拉)

我對狂傲的人說:「不要狂傲!」
    對兇惡的人說:「不要舉角!」
不要把你們的角高舉,
    不要挺着頸項[b]說話。
因為高舉非從東,非從西,
    也非從南而來。
惟有 神斷定,
    他使這人降卑,使那人升高。
耶和華的手裏有杯,
    杯內滿了調和起沫的酒;
他倒出來,
    地上的惡人都必喝,直到喝盡它的渣滓。

但我要宣揚,直到永遠!
    我要歌頌雅各的 神!
10 惡人一切的角,我要砍斷;
    惟有義人的角必被高舉。

Footnotes

  1. 75.1 「人」:七十士譯本是「我」。
  2. 75.5 「挺着頸項」:七十士譯本是「頂撞 神」。

75 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.