Commentary on Psalms - Volume 5

To the Chief Musician. Destroy not. A Psalm of Asaph. A song

1We will celebrate thee, O God! we will celebrate thee; And near is thy name: they will declare thy wonders.

2When I shall have taken the congregation, I in uprightness will judge.

3Dissolved is the earth, and all the inhabitants thereof: will establish the pillars of it. Selah.

4I said to the fools, “Act not foolishly;” And to the ungodly, “Raise not up the horn.”

5Raise not up on high your horn; And speak not with a stiff neck.

6 For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor from the wilderness are exaltations.

7For God is judge: tie bringeth low, and he setteth up.

8For a cup is in the hand of Jehovah, and the wine is turbid; It is full of mixture, and he shall pour forth of it. Surely the dregs thereof they shall wring out;. And drink of it shall all the wicked of the earth.

9But as for me I will publish for ever, I will sing psalms to the God of Jacob.

10And all the horns of the ungodly I will break; But exalted shall be the horns of the righteous.