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Psalms 75
Jehovah holds the cup of judgment and the seat of governance; promotion and demotion belong to Him alone, not to any compass direction or human power. The psalm speaks in two voices — the congregation giving thanks because Jehovah's name and works are inseparable, and Jehovah Himself declaring that when He receives the appointed congregation He will judge uprightly, bearing up the earth's pillars while the wicked dissolve. The cup of red wine mixed with dregs — drunk to the last drop by the wicked — is the covenant curse inverted: those who wielded the horn of self-exaltation will have it cut off, while the horns of the righteous are raised by the Judge who alone sets up and puts down.
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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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When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
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The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
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Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
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For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
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But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
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For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
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But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
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All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
