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         <div class="label">75</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Psalm 75</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">sn Psalm 75. The psalmist celebrates God&#8217;s just rule, which guarantees that the godly will be vindicated and the wicked destroyed.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">For the music director; according to the </span><span class="it"><span class="heading">al-tashcheth</span></span><span class="heading"> style;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">tn Heb &#8220;do not destroy.&#8221; Perhaps this refers to a particular style of music, a tune title, or a musical instrument. These words also appear in the superscription to Pss 57-59.</span></span></span></span><span class="heading"> a psalm of Asaph; a song.</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="content">You reveal your presence;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;and near [is] your name.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.75.1"><span class="content">people tell about your amazing deeds.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> God says,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The words &#8220;God says&#8221; are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation to clarify that God speaks in vv. 2-3.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="content">&#8220;At the appointed times,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;when I take an appointed time.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.75.2"><span class="content">I judge</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;I, [in] fairness, I judge.&#8221; The statement is understood in a generalizing sense; God typically executes fair judgment as he governs the world. One could take this as referring to an anticipated (future) judgment, &#8220;I will judge.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> fairly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.75.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;melt.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.75.3"><span class="content">I make its pillars secure.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The statement is understood in a generalizing sense; God typically prevents the world from being overrun by chaos. One could take this as referring to an anticipated event, &#8220;I will make its pillars secure.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> (Selah)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.75.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The identity of the speaker in vv. 4-6 is unclear. The present translation assumes that the psalmist, who also speaks in vv. 7-9 (where God/the Lord is spoken of in the third person) here addresses the proud and warns them of God&#8217;s judgment. The presence of &#1499;&#1468;&#1460;&#1497; (ki, &#8220;for&#8221;) at the beginning of both vv. 6-7 seems to indicate that vv. 4-9 are a unit. However, there is no formal indication of a new speaker in v. 4 (or in v. 10, where God appears to speak). Another option is to see God speaking in vv. 2-6 and v. 10 and to take only vv. 7-9 as the words of the psalmist. In this case one must interpret &#1499;&#1468;&#1460;&#1497; at the beginning of v. 7 in an asseverative or emphatic sense (&#8220;surely; indeed&#8221;).</span></span></span><span class="content"> I say to the proud, &#8220;Do not be proud,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.75.4"><span class="content">and to the wicked, &#8220;Do not be so confident of victory!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;do not lift up a horn.&#8221; The horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (see Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; Ps 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom &#8220;exalt/lift up the horn&#8221; signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 89:17, 24; 92:10; Lam 2:17). Here the idiom seems to refer to an arrogant attitude that assumes victory has been achieved.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.75.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> Do not be so certain you have won!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;do not lift up on high your horn.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.75.5"><span class="content">Do not speak with your head held so high!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;[do not] speak with unrestrained neck.&#8221; The negative particle is understood in this line by ellipsis (note the preceding line).sn The image behind the language of vv. 4-5 is that of a powerful wild ox that confidently raises its head before its enemies.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.75.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> For victory does not come from the east or west,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.75.6"><span class="content">or from the wilderness.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;for not from the east or from the west, and not from the wilderness of the mountains.&#8221; If one follows this reading the sentence is elliptical. One must supply &#8220;does help come,&#8221; or some comparable statement. However, it is possible to take &#1492;&#1464;&#1512;&#1460;&#1497;&#1501; (harim) as a Hiphil infinitive from &#1512;&#1493;&#1468;&#1501; (rum), the same verb used in vv. 4-5 of &#8220;lifting up&#8221; a horn. In this case one may translate the form as &#8220;victory.&#8221; In this case the point is that victory does not come from alliances with other nations.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.75.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> For God is the judge!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;judges.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.75.7"><span class="content">He brings one down and exalts another.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The imperfects here emphasize the generalizing nature of the statement.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> For the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> holds in his hand a cup full</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">of foaming wine mixed with spices,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;for a cup [is] in the hand of the Lord, and wine foams, it is full of a spiced drink.&#8221; The noun &#1502;&#1462;&#1505;&#1462;&#1498;&#1456; (mesekh) refers to a &#8220;mixture&#8221; of wine and spices.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">and pours it out.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;and he pours out from this.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">Surely all the wicked of the earth</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.75.8"><span class="content">will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;surely its dregs they slurp up and drink, all the wicked of the earth.&#8221;sn The psalmist pictures God as forcing the wicked to gulp down an intoxicating drink that will leave them stunned and vulnerable. Divine judgment is also depicted this way in Ps 60:3; Isa 51:17-23; and Hab 2:16.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.75.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> As for me, I will continually tell what you have done;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;I will declare forever.&#8221; The object needs to be supplied; God&#8217;s just judgment is in view.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.75.9"><span class="content">I will sing praises to the God of Jacob!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.75.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content"> God says,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The words &#8220;God says&#8221; are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation to clarify that God speaks in v. 10.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.75.10"><span class="content">&#8220;I will bring down all the power of the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.75.10"><span class="content">the godly will be victorious.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;and all the horns of the wicked I will cut off, the horns of the godly will be lifted up.&#8221; The imagery of the wild ox&#8217;s horn is once more utilized (see vv. 4-5).</span></span></span></span></div>
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We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks!
You reveal your presence;
people tell about your amazing deeds.
God says,
“At the appointed times,
I judge fairly.
When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear,
I make its pillars secure.” (Selah)
I say to the proud, “Do not be proud,”
and to the wicked, “Do not be so confident of victory!
Do not be so certain you have won!
Do not speak with your head held so high!
For victory does not come from the east or west,
or from the wilderness.
For God is the judge!
He brings one down and exalts another.
For the LORD holds in his hand a cup full
of foaming wine mixed with spices,
and pours it out.
Surely all the wicked of the earth
will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.”
As for me, I will continually tell what you have done;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob!
God says,
“I will bring down all the power of the wicked;
the godly will be victorious.”

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