Psalms 75 -- Old Testament -- Gospel Daily

Psalms

Chapter 75

God the Judge Exalts the Righteous

The psalmist gives thanks to God for His nearness and wondrous works, and declares that God alone is the Judge who upholds the earth and its pillars, humbles the proud, and refuses to accept presumption or arrogance. Promotion comes from God alone, not from cardinal directions, and He holds a cup of divine judgment whose dregs the wicked must drink. The psalmist vows to declare God's name forever, cut off the horns of the wicked, and exalt the horns of the righteous.

Divine judgmentGod as JudgeJustice for the righteousHumility required

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

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

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.

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.