Study Desk

For the choir director: "Do Not Destroy."^[a] A psalm of Asaph.^(a) A song.

We give thanks to You, God; we give thanks to You, for Your name is near. People tell about Your wonderful works.^(b)

"When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.^(c)

When the earth and all its inhabitants shake, I am the One who steadies its pillars.^(d) Selah

I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,' and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.^(e)

Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak arrogantly.'"^(f)

Exaltation does not come from the east, the west, or the desert,

for God is the Judge: He brings down one and exalts another.^(g)

For there is a cup in the Lord 's hand, full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it. All the wicked of the earth will drink, draining it to the dregs.^(h)

As for me, I will tell about Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.⁽ⁱ⁾

"I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,^(j) but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up."^(k)