Psalm 75
About Psalms
The Psalms are 150 songs and prayers, written over many centuries by David and others, and gathered into five books for Israel’s worship. Every human feeling is here: joy, fear, anger, grief, confusion and thanks. Many begin in trouble and end in trust. Jesus prayed them too, even on the cross, where He spoke the opening line of Psalm 22. Read them slowly. They are meant to be prayed, not only read.
Before you read Psalm 75Written by AI
A song of thanksgiving in which God Himself speaks: He will judge fairly when the time is right and holds the earth’s pillars steady. The psalmist warns the proud not to boast, for it is God who brings down one and lifts up another. Notice the cup of judgment in the LORD’s hand (verse 8).
God’s Righteous Judgment
For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song.
We give thanks to You, O God;
we give thanks, for Your Name is near.
The people declare Your wondrous works.
“When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.
When the earth and all its dwellers quake,
it is I who bear up its pillars.
Selah
I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
Do not lift up your horn against heaven
or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
For exaltation comes neither from east nor west,
nor out of the desert,
but it is God who judges;
He brings down one and exalts another.
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD,
full of foaming wine mixed with spices.
He pours from His cup,
and all the wicked of the earth
drink it down to the dregs.
But I will proclaim Him forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,
but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”