1 (For the one directing. Set to Do Not Destroy. Mizmor Asaph. Shir)

2 Hodinu l’cha Elohim (Unto thee, Elohim, do we give thanks).

Hodinu; that Thy Shem is near

Thy wondrous works declare.

3 I shall seize the mo’ed (appointed time),*75:3 Hab 2:3

I will judge uprightly.

4 Eretz and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolving;

I, even I, hold up the ammudim (pillars) of it.

Selah

5 I said unto the hollelim (arrogant), Deal not boastfully;

and to the resha’im, Lift not up the keren;

6 Lift not up your keren on high;

speak not with a stiff neck.

7 For promotion cometh lo (not) from the east,

nor from the west, nor from the desert.

8 But Elohim is the Shofet;

He bringeth down one, and setteth up another.

9 For in the yad Hashem there is a kos,

and the yayin is foaming; full of mixture;

and He poureth out of the same;

but the dregs thereof, all rishei aretz (wicked of the earth)

shall drain them down, and drink them.*75:9Lk 22:42

10 But I will proclaim l’olam;

I will sing zemirot to Elohei Ya’akov.

11 All the karnayim of the resha’im also will I cut off;

but the karnayim of the tzaddik shall be exalted.*75:11 T.N. In this Psalm we see that G-d is Judge. The Bible speaks of a great Assize where there will be a verdict regarding the sheep and the goats, the redeemed and the reprobate. See Rv 19:1 and 20:4-5.