God Will Judge with Equity

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

¹We give thanks to you, O God;

we give thanks, for your name is near.

We1 recount your wondrous deeds.

²“At the set time that I appoint

I will judge with equity.

³When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants,

it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah

⁴I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’

and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn;

⁵do not lift up your horn on high,

or speak with haughty neck.’”

⁶For not from the east or from the west

and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,

⁷but it is God who executes judgment,

putting down one and lifting up another.

⁸For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup

with foaming wine, well mixed,

and he pours out from it,

and all the wicked of the earth

shall drain it down to the dregs.

⁹But I will declare it forever;

I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

¹⁰All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,

but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

Who Can Stand Before You?

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

¹In Judah God is known;

his name is great in Israel.

²His abode has been established in Salem,

his dwelling place in Zion.

³There he broke the flashing arrows,

the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

⁴Glorious are you, more majestic

than the mountains full of prey.

⁵The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil;

they sank into sleep;

all the men of war

were unable to use their hands.

⁶At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,

both rider and horse lay stunned.

⁷But you, you are to be feared!

Who can stand before you

when once your anger is roused?

⁸From the heavens you uttered judgment;

the earth feared and was still,

⁹when God arose to establish judgment,

to save all the humble of the earth. Selah

¹⁰Surely the wrath of man shall praise you;

the remnant1 of wrath you will put on like a belt.

¹¹Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them;

let all around him bring gifts

to him who is to be feared,

¹²who cuts off the spirit of princes,

who is to be feared by the kings of the earth.