| 1 | We give praise
and
thanks to You, O God, we praise
and
give thanks; Your wondrous works declare that Your
[a]Name is near
and
they who invoke Your Name rehearse Your wonders. |
| 2 | When the proper time has come [for executing My judgments], I will judge uprightly [says the Lord]. |
| 3 | When the earth totters, and all the inhabitants of it, it is I Who will poise
and
keep steady its pillars.
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 4 | I said to the arrogant
and
boastful, Deal not arrogantly [do not boast]; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn [of personal aggrandizement]. |
| 5 | Lift not up your [aggressive] horn on high, speak not with a stiff neck
and
insolent arrogance. |
| 6 | For not from the east nor from the west nor from the south come promotion
and
lifting up. |
| 7 | But God is the Judge! He puts down one and lifts up another. |
| 8 | For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup [of His wrath], and the wine foams
and
is red, well mixed; and He pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink its dregs. |
| 9 | But I will declare
and
rejoice forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. |
| 10 | All the horns of the ungodly also will I cut off [says the Lord], but the horns of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be exalted. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 75:6 : Isa. 14:13.
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Psalm 75:8 : Ps. 60:3; Jer. 25:15; Rev. 14:9, 10; 16:19.
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