PSALMS 75

For the music director. A psalm of Asaph. According to "Do Not Destroy." A song.

1 We thank you, God, we thank you because you are close beside us.*75:1. "Close beside us," literally, "your name is near." People tell about the wonderful things you have done.

2 God says, "When the time I have decided comes, I will judge fairly.

3 When the earth quakes, and all its inhabitants tremble, I am the one who holds it steady.*75:3. Literally, "hold firm its pillars." Selah.

4 To those who boast I say, ‘Don’t boast!’ I tell the wicked, ‘Don’t be proud!’*75:4 "Don’t be proud": literally, "Don’t lift up the horn."

5 No, don’t be proud and arrogant, insulting heaven."*75:5. The Hebrew expressions need to be recast. Literally, the text says "You must not lift up on high your horn; you must not speak with an arrogant neck."

6 For no one, from the east to the west, or from the wilderness, should think so highly of themselves.

7 God is the one who decides—who he will bring down and who he will lift up.

8 For the Lord has a cup in his hand, full of bubbling wine mixed with spices. He pours it out,*75:8 In judgment. and all the wicked drink it deeply, down to the last drop.

9 But I will speak about you forever. I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10 For God says, "I will break the power of the wicked; but I will give my support to those who do what is good."