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

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

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

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

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

The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I set up its pillars firmly. Selah

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

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

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

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

6 F or honor does not come from the east or the west or from the desert.

For exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south.

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

But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another.

8 F or 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.

For 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.

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

But I will declare forever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

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

“All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.”