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

We give thanks to You, O God. We give thanks that Your name is near. Men tell about the great things You have done.

2 W hen I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

You say, “When the right time has come, I will be right and fair in deciding who is guilty or not.

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

When the earth and all its people shake, it is I Who will hold it together.

4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

I said to the proud, ‘Do not speak with pride.’ And I said to the sinful, ‘Do not lift up the horn.

5 l ift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

Do not lift your horn up high. Do not speak in your pride.’”

6 F or promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

For honor does not come from the east or the west or from the desert.

7 B ut God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

But God is the One Who decides. He puts down one and brings respect to another.

8 F or 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.

For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand. It is full of strong wine that is well mixed. He pours out from it, and all the sinful people of the earth must drink all of it.

9 B ut I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

But as for me, I will tell of it forever. I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10 A ll the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

He will cut off all the horns of the sinful. But the horns of those who are right with God will be lifted up.