Psalm 75

Psalm 75:1

For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

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A Psalm Some consider this Psalm to have been written by David on his accession to the throne over all Israel; others refer it to the time of the captivity , considering it as a continuation of the subject in the preceding; but Bp. Patrick and others are of opinion that it was composed by Asaph to commemorate the overthrow of Sennacherib's army , 2 Kings 19 . 1.

of Asaph or , for Asaph

Psalm 75:2

“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.

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Psalm 75:3

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

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Psalm 75:4

I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

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Psalm 75:5

Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

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Psalm 75:6

For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

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south Heb. desert

Psalm 75:7

but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

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Psalm 75:8

For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

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Psalm 75:9

But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

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Psalm 75:10

“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”

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