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

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

2 “ When I choose the proper time, I will judge uprightly.

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

3 T he earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I set up its pillars firmly. Selah

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

4 “ I said to the boastful, ‘Do not deal boastfully,’ And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn.

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

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

Do not lift up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.

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

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

7 B ut God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another.

But God is the judge; he puts down one and sets 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 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.

9 B ut I will declare forever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

But I will declare for ever; 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.”

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