King James Version
Psalm 75
Warning against arrogant self-exaltation, Psalm 75 functions as a psalm of praise and prophetic judgment. Asaph begins with corporate thanksgiving for divine presence before recording a divine decree against proud fools who lift up their horns in defiance. The poem uses the image of a cup filled with foamy, mixed wine to symbolize judgment poured out upon the wicked. Meanwhile, the speaker resolves to declare divine wonders and lift up the righteous. A core key verse highlights this divine authority: "God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another."
1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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