To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. 106:39
75:1-10
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
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.
The earth and its inhabitants are dissolved.
I (God?) hold up its pillars. [1]
4I said unto 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.
I said to the fools, "Don't be foolish."
And to the wicked,
Don't lift up your horn or speak with a stiff neck.
6For 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.
But God is the judge.
He puts down one person and set 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 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.
God has a cup of red wine in his hand.
He'll pour it out and force the wicked to drink it.
10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
I'll cut off the horns of the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous will be exalted. [2]
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