Psalm 75

God Judges the Wicked

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We give thanks to You, God;
we give thanks to You, for Your name is near.
People tell about Your wonderful works.^(B)

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“When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.^(C)

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When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,
I am the One who steadies its pillars.^(D)Selah

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I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.^(E)

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Do not lift up your horn against heaven
or speak arrogantly.’”^(F)

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Exaltation does not come
from the east, the west, or the desert,

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for God is the Judge:
He brings down one and exalts another.^(G)

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For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.^(H)

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As for me, I will tell about Him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.^(I)

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“I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,^(J)
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”^(K)

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 75:1: Possibly a tune

Cross references:

B. Psalm 75:1: Deuteronomy 4:7; Psalm 26:7; Psalm 145:18

C. Psalm 75:2: Psalm 9:8; Psalm 96:10

D. Psalm 75:3: Psalm 46:6; Isaiah 24:19

E. Psalm 75:4: Proverbs 27:1; Jeremiah 9:23

F. Psalm 75:5: Psalm 94:4

G. Psalm 75:6: Psalm 50:6; Luke 1:52-53

H. Psalm 75:8: Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:22; Jeremiah 25:15-17

I. Psalm 75:9: Psalm 9:2; Psalm 18:49; Psalm 81:1

J. Psalm 75:10: Jeremiah 48:25

K. Psalm 75:10: Psalm 89:17; Psalm 92:10; Psalm 148:14