For the Chief Musician;
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Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.
1 We give thanks unto thee, O God; we give thanks, for thy name is near: men tell of thy wondrous works.
2 When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. Selah
4 I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly: 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 neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south,comethlifting up.
7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
8 For in the hand of theLordthere 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 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 lifted up.