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Psalm 75

Thanksgiving for God’s Wondrous Deeds

To the leader: Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.
¹ We give thanks to you, O God;
we give thanks; your name is near.
People tell of your wondrous deeds.

² At the set time that I appoint
   I will judge with equity.
³ When the earth totters, with all its inhabitants,
   it is I who keep its pillars steady.
          Selah
⁴ I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast’,
   and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn;
⁵ do not lift up your horn on high,
   or speak with insolent neck.’

⁶ For not from the east or from the west
   and not from the wilderness comes lifting up;
⁷ but it is God who executes judgement,
   putting down one and lifting up another.
⁸ For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup
   with foaming wine, well mixed;
he will pour a draught from it,
   and all the wicked of the earth
   shall drain it down to the dregs.
⁹ But I will rejoice^* for ever;
   I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

¹⁰ All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Psalm 76

Israel’s God—Judge of All the Earth

To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.
¹ In Judah God is known,
   his name is great in Israel.
² His abode has been established in Salem,
   his dwelling-place in Zion.
³ There he broke the flashing arrows,
   the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.
          Selah

⁴ Glorious are you, more majestic
   than the everlasting mountains.^*
⁵ The stout-hearted were stripped of their spoil;
   they sank into sleep;
none of the troops
   was able to lift a hand.
⁶ At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
   both rider and horse lay stunned.

⁷ But you indeed are awesome!
   Who can stand before you
   when once your anger is roused?
⁸ From the heavens you uttered judgement;
   the earth feared and was still
⁹ when God rose up to establish judgement,
   to save all the oppressed of the earth.
          Selah

¹⁰ Human wrath serves only to praise you,
   when you bind the last bit of your^* wrath around you.
¹¹ Make vows to the Lord your God, and perform them;
   let all who are around him bring gifts
   to the one who is awesome,
¹² who cuts off the spirit of princes,
   who inspires fear in the kings of the earth.