Psalm 75-76
American Standard Version
God abases the proud, but exalts the righteous.
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.
75 We give thanks unto thee, O God;
We give thanks, [a]for thy name is near:
Men tell of thy wondrous works.
2 When I shall [b]find the set time, I will judge uprightly.
3 [c]The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved:
I have [d]set up the pillars of it. Selah
4 I said unto the [e]arrogant, Deal not arrogantly;
And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5 Lift not up your horn on high;
Speak not [f]with a stiff neck.
6 For neither from the east, nor from the west,
Nor yet [g]from the [h]south, cometh lifting up.
7 But God is the judge:
He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
8 For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine [i]foameth;
It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same:
Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
9 But I will declare for ever,
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;
But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
The victorious power of the God of Jacob.
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.
76 In Judah is God known:
His name is great in Israel.
2 In Salem also is his [j]tabernacle,
And his [k]dwelling-place in Zion.
3 There he brake the [l]arrows of the bow;
The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah
4 Glorious art thou and excellent,
[m]From the mountains of prey.
5 The stouthearted are made a spoil,
They have slept their sleep;
And none of the men of might have found their hands.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared;
And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
8 Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven;
The earth feared, and was still,
9 When God arose to judgment,
To save all the meek of the earth. Selah
10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee:
The residue of wrath shalt thou [n]gird upon thee.
11 Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God:
Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12 He will cut off the spirit of princes:
He is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 75:1 Or, for that thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare
- Psalm 75:2 Hebrew take.
- Psalm 75:3 Or, When the earth . . . I set up
- Psalm 75:3 Hebrew proportioned.
- Psalm 75:4 Or, fools
- Psalm 75:5 Or, insolently with a haughty neck
- Psalm 75:6 Or, from the wilderness of mountains cometh judgment
- Psalm 75:6 Hebrew wilderness.
- Psalm 75:8 Or, is red
- Psalm 76:2 Or, covert
- Psalm 76:2 Or, lair
- Psalm 76:3 Or, fiery shafts. Or, lightnings
- Psalm 76:4 Or, More than
- Psalm 76:10 Or, restrain
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