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To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.* Al-taschith: or, Destroy not of: or, for
When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. receive…: or, take a set time
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
 
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.§ south: Heb. desert
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
For 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.
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 exalted.

*75:1 Al-taschith: or, Destroy not

75:1 of: or, for

75:2 receive…: or, take a set time

§75:6 south: Heb. desert