Chapter 75
God’s Righteous Judgment
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For the choirmaster: vvv [To the tune of] “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. 1We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
𐤋𐤌𐤍𐤑𐤇 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤔𐤇𐤕 𐤌𐤆𐤌𐤅𐤓 𐤋𐤀𐤎𐤐 𐤔𐤉𐤓 𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤔𐤌𐤊 𐤅𐤒𐤓𐤅𐤁 𐤎𐤐𐤓𐤅 𐤍𐤐𐤋𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤊
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אַל־ תַּשְׁחֵ֑ת מִזְמ֖וֹר לְאָסָ֣ף שִֽׁיר׃ ה֘וֹדִ֤ינוּ לְּךָ֨׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים ה֭וֹדִינוּ שְׁמֶ֑ךָ וְקָר֣וֹב סִ֝פְּר֗וּ נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ ’al- taš·ḥêṯ miz·mō·wr lə·’ā·sāp̄ šîr hō·w·ḏî·nū lə·ḵā ’ĕlō·hîm hō·w·ḏî·nū šə·me·ḵā wə·qā·rō·wḇ sip·pə·rū nip̄·lə·’ō·w·ṯe·ḵā — WLC · 1
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“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤒𐤇 𐤌𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤌𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌
כִּ֭י אֶקַּ֣ח מוֹעֵ֑ד אֲ֝נִ֗י אֶשְׁפֹּֽט׃ מֵישָׁרִ֥ים kî ’eq·qaḥ mō·w·‘êḏ ’ă·nî ’eš·pōṭ mê·šā·rîm — WLC · 2
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When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤄 𐤍𐤌𐤂𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤕𐤊𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤃𐤉𐤄 𐤎𐤋𐤄
אֶ֥רֶץ וְכָל־ יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ נְֽמֹגִ֗ים אָנֹכִ֨י תִכַּ֖נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ סֶּֽלָה׃ ’e·reṣ wə·ḵāl yō·šə·ḇe·hā nə·mō·ḡîm ’ā·nō·ḵî ṯik·kan·tî ‘am·mū·ḏe·hā se·lāh — WLC · 3
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I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤄𐤅𐤋𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤄𐤋𐤅 𐤅𐤋𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤓𐤉𐤌𐤅 𐤒𐤓𐤍
אָמַ֣רְתִּי לַֽ֭הוֹלְלִים אַל־ תָּהֹ֑לּוּ וְ֝לָרְשָׁעִ֗ים אַל־ תָּרִ֥ימוּ קָֽרֶן׃ ’ā·mar·tî la·hō·wl·lîm ’al- tā·hōl·lū wə·lā·rə·šā·‘îm ’al- tā·rî·mū qā·ren — WLC · 4
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Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤓𐤉𐤌𐤅 𐤒𐤓𐤍𐤊𐤌 𐤋𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤌 𐤕𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤅 𐤏𐤕𐤒 𐤁𐤑𐤅𐤀𐤓
אַל־ תָּרִ֣ימוּ קַרְנְכֶ֑ם לַמָּר֣וֹם תְּדַבְּר֖וּ עָתָֽק׃ בְצַוָּ֣אר ’al- tā·rî·mū qar·nə·ḵem lam·mā·rō·wm tə·ḏab·bə·rū ‘ā·ṯāq ḇə·ṣaw·wār — WLC · 5
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For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,
𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤌𐤌𐤅𐤑𐤀 𐤅𐤌𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤌𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓
כִּ֤י הָרִֽים׃ לֹ֣א מִ֭מּוֹצָא וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב וְ֝לֹ֗א מִמִּדְבַּ֥ר kî hā·rîm lō mim·mō·w·ṣā ū·mim·ma·‘ă·rāḇ wə·lō mim·miḏ·bar — WLC · 6
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but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤉𐤋 𐤆𐤄 𐤉𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤆𐤄
כִּֽי־ אֱלֹהִ֥ים שֹׁפֵ֑ט יַ֝שְׁפִּ֗יל זֶ֥ה יָרִֽים׃ וְזֶ֣ה kî- ’ĕ·lō·hîm šō·p̄êṭ yaš·pîl zeh yā·rîm wə·zeh — WLC · 7
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For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from [His cup], and all the wicked of the earth drink it down… to the dregs.
𐤊𐤉 𐤊𐤅𐤎 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤌𐤋𐤀 𐤇𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤉𐤍 𐤌𐤎𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤓 𐤌𐤆𐤄 𐤀𐤊 𐤊𐤋 𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤉𐤔𐤕𐤅 𐤉𐤌𐤑𐤅 𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤄
כִּ֤י כ֪וֹס בְּֽיַד־ יְהוָ֡ה מָ֥לֵא חָמַ֨ר׀ וְיַ֤יִן מֶסֶךְ֮ וַיַּגֵּ֪ר מִ֫זֶּ֥ה אַךְ־ כֹּ֝֗ל רִשְׁעֵי־ אָֽרֶץ׃ יִשְׁתּ֑וּ יִמְצ֣וּ שְׁ֭מָרֶיהָ kî ḵō·ws bə·yaḏ- Yah·weh mā·lê ḥā·mar wə·ya·yin me·seḵ way·yag·gêr miz·zeh ’a·ḵōš- kōl riš·‘ê- ’ā·reṣ yiš·tū yim·ṣū šə·mā·rê·hā — WLC · 8
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But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤂𐤉𐤃 𐤋𐤏𐤋𐤌 𐤀𐤆𐤌𐤓𐤄 𐤋𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤁
וַ֭אֲנִי אַגִּ֣יד לְעֹלָ֑ם אֲ֝זַמְּרָ֗ה לֵאלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃ wa·’ă·nî ’ag·gîḏ lə·‘ō·lām ’ă·zam·mə·rāh lê·lō·hê ya·‘ă·qōḇ — WLC · 9
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“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤒𐤓𐤍𐤉 𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤂𐤃𐤏 𐤒𐤓𐤍𐤅𐤕 𐤑𐤃𐤉𐤒 𐤕𐤓𐤅𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤄
וְכָל־ קַרְנֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֲגַדֵּ֑עַ קַֽרְנ֥וֹת צַדִּֽיק׃ תְּ֝רוֹמַ֗מְנָה wə·ḵāl qar·nê rə·šā·‘îm ’ă·ḡad·dê·a‘ qar·nō·wṯ ṣad·dîq tə·rō·w·mam·nāh — WLC · 10