1 W e give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

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

2 W hen I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.

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

3 T he earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.

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

4 I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t 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 on’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”

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

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

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

7 B ut God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

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

8 F or in Yahweh’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.

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 I will declare this 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 I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

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