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Psalms 75
Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.
- 1WEBFor the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm by Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.KJVTo the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
- 2WEBWhen I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.KJVWhen I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
- 3WEBThe earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.KJVThe earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
- 4WEBI said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.KJVI said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
- 5WEBDon’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”KJVLift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
- 6WEBFor neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.KJVFor promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
- 7WEBBut God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.KJVBut God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- 8WEBFor 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.KJVFor in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
- 9WEBBut I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.KJVBut I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
- 10WEBI will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.KJVAll the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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