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PSALM 75^*

God the Judge of the World

1For the leader. Do not destroy! A psalm of Asaph; a song.

I

2We thank you, God, we give thanks;

we call upon your name,

we declare your wonderful deeds.

[You said:]^*

3“I will choose the time;

I will judge fairly.

4Though the earth and all its inhabitants quake,

I make steady its pillars.”^a

Selah

II

5So I say to the boastful: “Do not boast!”^b

to the wicked: “Do not raise your horns!^*

6Do not raise your horns against heaven!

Do not speak with a stiff neck!”^c

7For judgment comes not from east or from west,

not from the wilderness or the mountains,^d

8But from God who decides,

who brings some low and raises others high.^e

9Yes, a cup^* is in the LORD’s hand,

foaming wine, fully spiced.^*

When God pours it out,

they will drain it even to the dregs;

all the wicked of the earth will drink.^f

10But I will rejoice forever;

I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,

11^g[Who has said:]

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

but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”

* [Psalm 75] The psalmist gives thanks and rejoices (Ps 75:2, 10) for the direct intervention of God, which is promised in two oracles (Ps 75:3–4, 11). Expecting that divine intervention, the psalmist warns evildoers to repent (Ps 75:5–9).

* [75:2] You said: supplied for clarity here and in Ps 75:11. The translation assumes in both places that the psalmist is citing an oracle of God.

* [75:5] Do not raise your horns!: the horn is the symbol of strength; to raise one’s horn is to exalt one’s own power as Ps 75:5 explains.

* [75:9] A cup: “the cup of God’s wrath” is the punishment inflicted on the wicked, cf. Is 51:17; Jer 25:15–29; 49:12; Ez 23:31–33. Spiced: lit., “a mixed drink”; spices or drugs were added to wine, cf. Prv 9:2, 5.