Book Three (Psalms 73-89) "Concerning the Sanctuary"
A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
1. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
2. When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
3. The earth
and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved:
I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4. I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5. Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
6. For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
8. For 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.
9. But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10. All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth.
subtitle To the chief Musician. See The Companion Bible, Appendix 64.
Neginoth = smitings; refers to the smitings of the wicked in judgment. See The Companion Bible Appendix #65 XV.