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

1. Altaschith: 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 its inhabitants are dissolved: I bear up its pillars. Selah.

⁴ I said to 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 the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but its dregs, 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.