Psalm 75 (Bible Marathon Day 297)

Psalm 75 (Bible Marathon Day 297)

Psalm 75[a]
God the Judge of the World
1 For the leader. Do not destroy! A psalm of Asaph; a song.

I
2 We thank you, God, we give thanks;
we call upon your name,
we declare your wonderful deeds.
[You said:][b]
3 “I will choose the time;
I will judge fairly.
4 Though the earth and all its inhabitants quake,
I make steady its pillars.”
Selah
II
5 So I say to the boastful: “Do not boast!”
to the wicked: “Do not raise your horns![c]
6 Do not raise your horns against heaven!
Do not speak with a stiff neck!”
7 For judgment comes not from east or from west,
not from the wilderness or the mountains,
8 But from God who decides,
who brings some low and raises others high.
9 Yes, a cup[d] is in the Lord’s hand,
foaming wine, fully spiced.
When God pours it out,
they will drain it even to the dregs;
all the wicked of the earth will drink.
10 But I will rejoice forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,
11 [Who has said:]
“I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”

Footnotes:

Psalm 75 The psalmist gives thanks and rejoices (Ps 75:2, 10) for the direct
intervention of God, which is promised in two oracles (Ps 75:3–4, 11). Expecting
that divine intervention, the psalmist warns evildoers to repent (Ps 75:5–9).
75:2 You said: supplied for clarity here and in Ps 75:11. The translation assumes in
both places that the psalmist is citing an oracle of God.
75:5 Do not raise your horns!: the horn is the symbol of strength; to raise one’s horn
is to exalt one’s own power as Ps 75:5 explains.
75:9 A cup: “the cup of God’s wrath” is the punishment inflicted on the wicked, cf. Is
51:17; Jer 25:15–29; 49:12; Eze 23:31–33. Spiced: lit., “a mixed drink”; spices or
drugs were added to wine, cf. Prv 9:2, 5.