Psalms 75
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
1 Ref <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. A Psalm. Of Asaph. A Song.> To you, O God, we give praise, to you we give praise: and those who give honour to your name make clear your works of power.
2 Ref When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.
3 Ref When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am the support of its pillars. (Selah.)
4 Ref I say to the men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and to the sinners, Let not your horn be lifted up.
5 Ref Let not your horn be lifted up: let no more words of pride come from your outstretched necks.
6 Ref For honour does not come from the east, or from the west, or uplifting from the south;
7 Ref But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.
8 Ref For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red; it is well mixed, overflowing from his hand: he will make all the sinners of the earth take of it, even to the last drop.
9 Ref But I will ever be full of joy, making songs of praise to the God of Jacob.
10 Ref By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Ref To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near `is' Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.
2 Ref When I receive an appointment, I -- I do judge uprightly.
3 Ref Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I -- I have pondered its pillars. Selah.
4 Ref I have said to the boastful, `Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, `Raise not up a horn.'
5 Ref Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)
6 Ref For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- `is' elevation.
7 Ref But God `is' judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up.
8 Ref For a cup `is' in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,
9 Ref And I -- I declare `it' to the age, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10 Ref And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!
American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)
1 Ref We give thanks unto thee, O God; We give thanks, for thy name is near: Men tell of thy wondrous works.
2 Ref When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly.
3 Ref The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. Selah
4 Ref I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5 Ref Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.
6 Ref For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, `cometh' lifting up.
7 Ref But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
8 Ref For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
9 Ref But I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 Ref All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up. Psalm 76 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a song.