Study Desk

For the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A psalm of Asaph. A song.

We praise you, God, we praise you, for your Name is near;^(a) people tell of your wonderful deeds.^(b)

You say, "I choose the appointed time;^(c) it is I who judge with equity.^(d)

When the earth and all its people quake,^(e) it is I who hold its pillars^(f) firm.^[b]

To the arrogant^(g) I say, ‘Boast no more,'^(h) and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.^[c](i)

Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak so defiantly.^(j)'"

No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.

It is God who judges:^(k) He brings one down, he exalts another.^(l)

In the hand of the Lord is a cup full of foaming wine mixed^(m) with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.⁽ⁿ⁾

As for me, I will declare^(o) this forever; I will sing^(p) praise to the God of Jacob,^(q)

who says, "I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up."^(r)