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

To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.

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

When I receive an appointment, I -- I do judge uprightly.

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

Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I -- I have pondered its pillars. Selah.

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

I have said to the boastful, `Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, `Raise not up a horn.'

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

Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)

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

For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- elevation.

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

But God judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up.

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 a cup in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,

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

And I -- I declare to the age, I sing praise 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 all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!