¹ To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.¹² Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

1. Al–taschith: or, Destroy not.
2. of: or, for.

² When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.¹

1. receive…: or, take a set time.

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.¹

1. south: Heb. desert.

⁷ But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

⁸ For in the hand of Yhwh 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.