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To the director: To the tune “Don’t Destroy.” One of Asaph’s songs of praise.

75 We praise you, God!
    We praise you because you[a] are near to us.
    We tell about the amazing things you have done.

God says, “I have chosen a time for judgment,
    and I will judge fairly.
The earth and all its people may shake,
    but I am the one who keeps it steady. Selah

“To those who are proud I say, ‘Stop your boasting.’
    I warn the wicked, ‘Don’t brag about how strong you are.
Don’t be so sure that you will win.
    Don’t boast that victory is yours!’”

There is no power on earth
    that can make a person important.[b]
God is the judge.
    He decides who will be important.
    He lifts one person up and brings another down.
The Lord has a cup in his hand.
    It is filled with the poisoned wine of his anger.
He will pour out this wine,
    and the wicked will drink it to the last drop.
I will always tell people how great God is.
    I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10 God says, “I will take away any power the wicked have
    and give it to those who are good.”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75:1 you Literally, “your name.”
  2. Psalm 75:6 Literally, “Not from the east or the west and not from the desert mountains.”

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.