LXXV. Book III. God Abases the Proud, but Exalts the Righteous. 1909-14. The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics

The Book of Psalms.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Book III

LXXV

God Abases the Proud, but Exalts the Righteous

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-Tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.


[1]	WE give thanks unto thee, O God; We give thanks, for 1 thy name is near: Men tell of thy wondrous works.
[2]	When I shall find 2 the set time, I will judge uprightly.
[3]	The 3 earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set 4 up the pillars of it. [Selah
[4]	I said unto the arrogant, 5 Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
[5]	Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with 6 a stiff neck.
[6]	For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from 7 the south, 8 cometh lifting up.
[7]	But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
[8]	For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; 9 It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, 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 lifted up.

Note 1. Or, for that thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare. [back]

Note 2. Heb. take. [back]

Note 3. Or, When the earth … I set up. [back]

Note 4. Heb. proportioned. [back]

Note 5. Or, fools. [back]

Note 6. Or, insolently with a haughty neck. [back]

Note 7. Or, from the wilderness of mountains cometh judgment. [back]

Note 8. Heb. wilderness. [back]

Note 9. Or, is red. [back]