Psalm 75
God Judges the Wicked
For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.”[a] A psalm of Asaph.(A) A song.
1 We give thanks to You, God;
we give thanks to You, for Your name is near.
People tell about Your wonderful works.(B)
2 “When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.(C)
3 When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the One who steadies its pillars.(D)Selah
4 I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.(E)
5 Do not lift up your horn against heaven
or speak arrogantly.’”(F)
6 Exaltation does not come
from the east, the west, or the desert,
7 for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.(G)
8 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)
9 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
- Psalm 75:1 Possibly a tune
Cross references
- 75:title : 1Ch 16:5, 7
- 75:1 : Dt 4:7; Ps 26:7; 145:18
- 75:2 : Ps 9:8; 96:10
- 75:3 : 1Sm 2:8; Ps 46:6; Is 24:19
- 75:4 : Pr 27:1; Jr 9:23
- 75:5 : 1Sm 2:3; Ps 94:4
- 75:6-7 : 1Sm 2:7-8; Ps 50:6; Lk 1:52-53
- 75:8 : Is 51:17, 22; Jr 25:15-17
- 75:9 : Ps 9:2; 18:49; 81:1
- 75:10 : Jr 48:25
- 75:10 : Ps 89:17; 92:10; 148:14