1 W e give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.

Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

2 “ When I choose the proper time, I will judge uprightly.

When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

3 T he earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I set up its pillars firmly. Selah

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

4 “ I said to the boastful, ‘Do not deal boastfully,’ And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn.

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

5 D o not lift up your horn on high; Do not speak with a stiff neck.’”

lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

6 F or exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south.

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

7 B ut God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another.

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

8 F or in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, And the wine is red; It is fully mixed, and He pours it out; Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth Drain and drink down.

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 the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

9 B ut I will declare forever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

10 “ All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.”

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.