GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks. You are present, and your miracles confirm that.
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To the Chief Musician. Set to 'Do Not Destroy.' A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.
2 When I choose the right time, I will judge fairly.
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"When I choose the proper time, I will judge uprightly.
3 When the earth and everyone who lives on it begin to melt, I will make its foundations as solid as rock. Selah
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The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I set up its pillars firmly. Selah
4 I said to those who brag, "Don't brag," and to wicked people, "Don't raise your weapons.
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'I said to the boastful, 'Do not deal boastfully,' And to the wicked, 'Do not lift up the horn.
5 Don't raise your weapons so proudly or speak so defiantly."
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Do not lift up your horn on high; Do not speak with a stiff neck.' "
6 The [authority] to reward someone does not [come] from the east, from the west, or [even] from the wilderness.
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For exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south.
7 God alone is the judge. He punishes one person and rewards another.
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But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another.
8 A cup is in the LORD's hand. (Its foaming wine is thoroughly mixed with spices.) He will empty it, [and] all the wicked people on earth will have to drink every last drop.
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For 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.
9 But I will speak [about your miracles] forever. I will make music to praise the God of Jacob.
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But I will declare forever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 I will destroy all the weapons of wicked people, but the weapons of righteous people will be raised proudly.
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'All the horns of the wicked I will also cut off, But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted."