> [[psalm-74|← Previous]] | [[psalm-00|TOC]] | [[psalm-76|Next →]] --- # Psalm 75 ## God the Judge of the World 1 For the leader. Do not destroy! A psalm of Asaph; a song. ^psalm-75-1 ### I 2 We thank you, God, we give thanks; ^psalm-75-2 we call upon your name, we declare your wonderful deeds. \[You said:\] 3 “I will choose the time; ^psalm-75-3 I will judge fairly. 4 Though the earth and all its inhabitants quake, ^psalm-75-4 I make steady its pillars.” *Selah* ### II 5 So I say to the boastful: “Do not boast!” ^psalm-75-5 to the wicked: “Do not raise your horns! 6 Do not raise your horns against heaven! ^psalm-75-6 Do not speak with a stiff neck!” 7 For judgment comes not from east or from west, ^psalm-75-7 not from the wilderness or the mountains, 8 But from God who decides, ^psalm-75-8 who brings some low and raises others high. 9 Yes, a cup is in the LORD’s hand, ^psalm-75-9 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. 10 But I will rejoice forever; ^psalm-75-10 I will sing praise to the God of Jacob, 11 \[Who has said:\] ^psalm-75-11 “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]; [[ezekiel-23|Ez 23]]:31 – [33]. Spiced: lit., “a mixed drink”; spices or drugs were added to wine, cf. [Prv 9:2], [5]. a. (75:4) [Ps 46:3]; [60:4]; [93:1]; [96:10]; [104:5]; [1 Sm 2:8]; [[isaiah-24|Is 24]]:19. b. (75:5) [1 Sm 2:3]; [Zec 2:1] – [4]. c. (75:6) [Jb 15:25]. d. (75:7) ([[matthew-24|Mt 24]]:23] – [27]. e. (75:8) [Jb 5:11]; [1 Sm 2:7]. f. (75:9) [Ps 60:5]; [Jb 21:20]; [Is 51:17], [21] – [22]; [Jer 25:15ff]; [Hb 2:16]. g. (75:11) [Ps 92:11]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[psalm-74|← Previous]] | [[psalm-00|TOC]] | [[psalm-76|Next →]]