Psalms 75-77

Psalm 75

¹To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' A Psalm of Asaph: a Song. Unto thee we give thanks, O God, we give thanks; and thy name is near: thy marvellous works declare it.

²When I shall receive the assembly, I will judge with equity.

³The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have established its pillars. Selah.

⁴I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

⁵Lift not up your horn on high; speak not arrogantly with a [stiff] neck.

⁶For not from the east nor from the west, nor yet from the south doth exaltation [come]:

⁷For God is the judge; he putteth down one and exalteth another.

⁸For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and it foameth with wine, it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same; yea, the dregs thereof shall all the wicked of the earth drain off, [and] drink.

⁹But as for me, I will declare for ever; I will sing psalms to the God of Jacob.

¹⁰And all the horns of the wicked will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Psalm 76

¹To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph: a Song. In Judah is God known, his name is great in Israel;

²And in Salem is his tent, and his dwelling-place in Zion.

³There broke he the flashings of the bow, shield and sword and battle. Selah.

⁴More glorious art thou, more excellent, than the mountains of prey.

⁵The stout-hearted are made a spoil, they have slept their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands.

⁶At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

⁷Thou, thou art to be feared, and who can stand before thee when once thou art angry?

⁸Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from the heavens; the earth feared, and was still,

⁹When God rose up to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

¹⁰For the fury of man shall praise thee; the remainder of fury wilt thou gird on thyself.

¹¹Vow and pay unto Jehovah your God: let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that is to be feared.

¹²He cutteth off the spirit of princes; [he] is terrible to the kings of the earth.

Psalm 77

¹To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm. My voice is unto God, and I will cry; my voice is unto God, and he will give ear unto me.

²In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.

³I remembered God, and I moaned; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

⁴Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak.

⁵I consider the days of old, the years of ancient times.

⁶I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search.

⁷Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

⁸Hath his loving-kindness ceased for ever? hath [his] word come to an end from generation to generation?

⁹Hath God forgotten to be gracious? or hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

¹⁰Then said I, This is my weakness: -- the years of the right hand of the Most High

¹¹Will I remember, -- the works of Jah; for I will remember thy wonders of old,

¹²And I will meditate upon all thy work, and muse upon thy doings.

¹³O God, thy way is in the sanctuary: who is so great a god as God?

¹⁴Thou art the God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy strength among the peoples.

¹⁵Thou hast with [thine] arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

¹⁶The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they trembled, yea, the depths were troubled:

¹⁷The thick clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound, yea, thine arrows went abroad:

¹⁸The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked.

¹⁹Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.

²⁰Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.