1 W e give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.

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 “ When I choose the proper time, 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 set up its pillars firmly. 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 to the boastful, ‘Do not deal boastfully,’ 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; Do not speak with a stiff neck.’”

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

6 F or exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south.

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 exalts another.

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

8 F or in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, And the wine is red; It is fully mixed, and He pours it out; Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth Drain and drink down.

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 forever, 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 “ All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, 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.