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Psalms 74

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1For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph.
1(75) For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph. We will give thanks to you, O God, we will give thanks, and call upon your name: I will declare all your wonderful works.
2We will give thanks to thee, O God, we will give thanks, and call upon thy name: I will declare all thy wonderful works.
2When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously.
3When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously.
3The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. Pause.
4The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. Pause.
4I said to the transgressors, Do not transgress; and to the sinners, Lift not up the horn.
5I said unto the transgressors, Do not transgress; and to the sinners, Lift not up the horn .
5Lift not up your horn on high; speak not unrighteousness against God.
6Lift not up your horn on high; speak not unrighteousness against God.
6For [good comes] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains.
7For [good comes] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains.
7For God is the judge; he puts down one, and raises up another.
8For God isthe judge; he puts down one, and raises up another.
8For [there is] a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled wine; and he has turned [it] from side to side, but its dregs have not been wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink [them].
9For [there is] a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled wine; and he has turned [it] from side to side, but its dregs have not been wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink [them].
9But I will exult for ever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10But I will exult for ever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10And I will break all the horns of sinners; but the horns of the righteous one shall be exalted.