Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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 give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks. You are present, and your miracles confirm that.
2 When I shall receive the congregation, I will judge uprightly.
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When I choose the right time, I will judge fairly.
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 everyone who lives on it begin to melt, I will make its foundations as solid as rock. Selah
4 I said unto the fools, "Deal not foolishly," and to the wicked, "Lift not up the horn.
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I said to those who brag, "Don't brag," and to wicked people, "Don't raise your weapons.
5 Lift not up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck."
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Don't raise your weapons so proudly or speak so defiantly."
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south,
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The [authority] to reward someone does not [come] from the east, from the west, or [even] from the wilderness.
7 but God is the Judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another.
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God alone is the judge. He punishes one person and rewards 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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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.
9 But I will declare it for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
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But I will speak [about your miracles] forever. I will make music to praise 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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I will destroy all the weapons of wicked people, but the weapons of righteous people will be raised proudly.
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