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1 <<To the chief musician: "Destroy Not." A Psalm or song of Asaph.>> Unto Thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto Thee do we give thanks. For that Thy name is near, Thy wondrous works declare.
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We praise you, God, we praise you, for your Name is near; people tell of your wonderful deeds.
2 When I shall receive the congregation, I will judge uprightly.
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You say, “I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge with equity.
3 When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I bear up the pillars of it. Selah
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When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.
4 I said unto the fools, "Deal not foolishly," and to the wicked, "Lift not up the horn.
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To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.
5 Lift not up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck."
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Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak so defiantly.’ ”
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south,
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No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.
7 but God is the Judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another.
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It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.
8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red and fully mixed; and He poureth out the same. But as for the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink them.
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In the hand of the LORD is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs.
9 But I will declare it for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
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As for me, I will declare this forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,
10 All the horns of the wicked will I also cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
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who says, “I will cut off the horns of all the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”
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