Psalms 75:1-9

1 We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks. You are present, and your miracles confirm that.

2 When I choose the right time, I will judge fairly.

3 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 to those who brag, "Don't brag," and to wicked people, "Don't raise your weapons.

5 Don't raise your weapons so proudly or speak so defiantly."

6 The [authority] to reward someone does not [come] from the east, from the west, or [even] from the wilderness.

7 God alone is the judge. He punishes one person and rewards 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.

9 But I will speak [about your miracles] forever. I will make music to praise the God of Jacob.

Psalms 75:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph. Of the word "altaschith," See Gill on "Ps 57:1," it signifies "do not destroy," or "do not corrupt"; the Targum renders it, "do not destroy thy people;" so Jarchi, "do not destroy Israel;" perhaps it may be considered as a petition, that God would not suffer the man of sin to go on to destroy the earth, and corrupt the inhabitants of it with his false doctrine, idolatry, and superstition, Revelation 11:18, for the psalm respects the times of the Gospel dispensation, and includes both the first coming of Christ in the flesh, and his second coming to judgment; the argument of it with the Syriac version is, "the divinity of Christ, and a remembrance of the judgment;" it is said to be a psalm or song of Asaph, but is thought to be written by David, and delivered to Asaph; for it may be rendered "for Asaph" {k}; and so the Targum, "by the hands of Asaph;" though some think it was written after the Babylonish captivity; perhaps by some person whose name was Asaph, or was of the family of him that lived in David's time. Theodoret supposes it was written in the person of the captives in Babylon.