1 ¶ Unto 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 praise and thanks to You, O God, we praise and give thanks; Your wondrous works declare that Your Name is near and they who invoke Your Name rehearse Your wonders.

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

When the proper time has come, I will judge uprightly.

3 T he earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I bore up the pillars of it. Selah.

When the earth totters, and all the inhabitants of it, it is I Who will poise and keep steady its pillars. Selah!

4 I said unto the fools, Do not deal foolishly and to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn:

I said to the arrogant and boastful, Deal not arrogantly; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn.

5 D o not lift up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.

Lift not up your horn on high, speak not with a stiff neck and insolent arrogance.

6 ¶ For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert.

For not from the east nor from the west nor from the south come promotion and lifting up.

7 B ut God is the judge; he puts down one and sets up another.

But God is the Judge! He puts down one and lifts up another.

8 F or the cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he pours out of the same; yea, the dregs thereof, shall wring out and swallow up all the wicked of the earth.

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine foams and is red, well mixed; and He pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink its dregs.

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

But I will declare and rejoice forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10 A nd I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

All the horns of the ungodly also will I cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.