23MAY NOT YOU FORGET [THE] SOUND OF OPPOSERS YOUR [THE] UPROAR OF [THOSE WHO] RISE AGAINST YOU [WHICH] GOES UP CONTINUALLY 23Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
0TO THE CHOIRMASTER AL- TASHCHETH A PSALM OF ASAPH A SONG God’s Righteous Judgment (Romans 2:1–16) 0For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song.
1WE GIVE THANKS TO <THE> YOU O GOD WE GIVE THANKS AND [IS] NEAR NAME YOUR PEOPLE RECOUNT WONDERS YOUR 1We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
2IF I WILL TAKE AN APPOINTED TIME I UPRIGHTNESS<ES> I WILL JUDGE 2“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
3[ARE] MELTING AWAY [THE] EARTH AND ALL INHABITANTS ITS I I PUT IN ORDER PILLARS ITS SELAH 3When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
4I SAY TO THE BOASTERS MAY NOT YOU BOAST AND TO THE WICKED [PEOPLE] MAY NOT YOU LIFT UP A HORN 4I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
5MAY NOT YOU LIFT UP TO THE HEIGHT HORN YOUR MAY YOU SPEAK WITH A NECK ARROGANCE 5Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
6FOR NOT [IS] FROM [THE] GOING OUT AND FROM [THE] SETTING PLACE AND NOT FROM [THE] WILDERNESS EXALTATION 6For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,
7FOR GOD [IS THE] JUDGE THIS ONE HE BRINGS LOW AND THIS ONE HE LIFTS UP 7but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
8FOR A CUP [IS] IN [THE] HAND OF YAHWEH AND WINE IT IS FOAMING FULL SPICED DRINK AND HE HAS POURED OUT SOME OF THIS SURELY DREGS ITS THEY WILL DRAIN THEY WILL DRINK ALL [THE] WICKED [PEOPLE] OF [THE] EARTH 8For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
9AND I I WILL DECLARE FOR EVER I WILL SING PRAISES TO [THE] GOD OF JACOB 9But I will proclaim Him*NoteCloseOr proclaim it forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10AND ALL [THE] HORNS OF WICKED [PEOPLE] I WILL CUT OFF THEY WILL BE LIFTED UP [THE] HORNS OF [THE] RIGHTEOUS 10“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”