Psalm 75 – God the Judge

For the leader; al tashheth. A psalm of Asaph, a song.

75 We praise you, God, we praise you:

we would call on your name and declare your wonders.

2 ‘At the time I choose,

I will judge fairly.

3 Though earth melt and all her inhabitants,

it is I who keep steady her pillars.’ Selah

4 I say to the boasters, ‘Boast not’;

to the wicked, ‘Lift not up your horn:

5 lift not your horn on high,

speak not boldly against the Rock.’

6 For not from east nor west,

not from desert nor mountains;

7 but God himself is the judge,

humbling one and exalting another.

8 In the hand of the Lord is a cup

foaming wine, richly spiced.

Out of this he pours a draught,

and all the wicked of earth

must drain it down to the dregs.

9 But I will rejoice forever,

singing praise to the God of Jacob.

10 I will hew all the horns of the wicked,

but the horns of the just shall be lifted.