Psalm 75

God Judges the Wicked

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph.† A song.

We give thanks to you, God;

we give thanks to you, for your name is near.a

People tell about your wondrous works.b

2“When I choose a time,

I will judge fairly.a

3When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,

I am the one who steadies its pillars.a

Selah

4I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’

and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.a

5Do not lift up your horn against heavenA

or speak arrogantly.’ ”a

6Exaltation does not come

from the east, the west, or the desert,

7for God is the Judge:

He brings down one and exalts another.a

8For 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.a

9As for me, I will tell about him forever;

I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.a

10“I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,a

but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”b