Psalms 75 WBT
Summary: Attributed to Asaph, Psalm 75 mixes communal thanksgiving with a direct oracle from God, who announces, "I will judge with equity" and it is he, not east, west, or south, who "lifts up" and "puts down" (v. 2, 6-7). Its central image is a cup in God's hand, "foaming wine, well mixed," that the wicked of the earth will be made to drain "to the dregs" (v. 8), a picture of inescapable judgment. It closes with the psalmist vowing to "cut off all the horns of the wicked" while "the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up" (v. 10), horn imagery symbolizing strength and dignity.
1To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. To thee, O God, do we give thanks, [to thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare.
2When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
3The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4I said to the fools, Deal not foolishly; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck.
6For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
8For 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 of it all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them] out, [and] drink [them].
9But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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