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Psalm 75

¹Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
²When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
³The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
⁴I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
⁵Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
⁶For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
⁷But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
⁸For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
⁹But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
¹⁰All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Psalm 76

¹In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
²In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
³There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
⁴Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
⁵The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
⁶At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
⁷Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
⁸Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
⁹When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
¹⁰Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
¹¹Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
¹²He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.

¹⁵Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
¹⁶Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
¹⁷Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
¹⁸And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
¹⁹The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
²⁰For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
²¹That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
²²Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
²³But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
²⁴They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

¹¹And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
¹²The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
¹³And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
¹⁴And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
¹⁵The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
¹⁶And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
¹⁷For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
¹⁸And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
¹⁹And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
²⁰Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
²¹And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
²²And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
²³And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
²⁴And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.