Psalms · King James Version

Psalm 75

10 verses · 1769 KJV text

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

1Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.ab

2When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.c

3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

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.

6For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.d

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 thereof, 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.

Translators’ margin notes (1611)

  1. a v. 1 Al-taschith: or, Destroy not
  2. b v. 1 of: or, for
  3. c v. 2 receive…: or, take a set time
  4. d v. 6 south: Heb. desert

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