USB ~ Psalms 75

God the Judge of the World

1 For the leader. Do not destroy! A psalm of Asaph; a song.

2 We thank you, God, we give thanks; we call upon your name, we declare your wonderful deeds. You said: †

3 “I will choose the time; I will judge fairly.

4 Though the earth and all its inhabitants quake, I make steady its pillars.” a Selah

5 So I say to the boastful: “Do not boast!” b to the wicked: “Do not raise your horns!†

6 Do not raise your horns against heaven! Do not speak with a stiff neck!” c

7 For judgment comes not from east or from west, not from the wilderness or the mountains, d

8 But from God who decides, who brings some low and raises others high. e

9 Yes, a cup† is in the LORD’s hand, 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. f

10 But I will rejoice forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,

11 gWho has said: “I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”

Footnotes

†. 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; Ez 23:31-33. Spiced: lit., “a mixed drink”; spices or drugs were added to wine, cf. Prv 9:2, 5.

75:4 Ps 46:3; 60:4; 93:1; 96:10; 104:5; 1 Sm 2:8; Is 24:19.
75:5 1 Sm 2:3; Zec 2:1-4.
75:6 Jb 15:25.
75:7 Mt 24:23-27.
75:8 Jb 5:11; 1 Sm 2:7.
75:9 Ps 60:5; Jb 21:20; Is 51:17, 21-22; Jer 25:15ff; Hab 2:16.
75:11 Ps 92:11.