The Webster Bible WBT
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1 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, 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.
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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 The earth and all its inhabitants 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 to 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; it is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs of it 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 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 also will I 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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