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1We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks!
You reveal your presence;
people tell about your amazing deeds.
2God says,[#tn The words “God says” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation to clarify that God speaks in vv. 2-3.]
“At the appointed times,
I judge fairly.
3When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear,[#tn Heb “melt.”]
I make its pillars secure.” (Selah)
4I say to the proud, “Do not be proud,”[#tn The identity of the speaker in vv. 4-6 is unclear. The present translation assumes that the psalmist, who also speaks in vv. 7-9 (where God/the Lord is spoken of in the third person) here addresses the proud and warns them of God’s judgment. The presence of כִּי (ki, “for”) at the beginning of both vv. 6-7 seems to indicate that vv. 4-9 are a unit. However, there is no formal indication of a new speaker in v. 4 (or in v. 10, where God appears to speak). Another option is to see God speaking in vv. 2-6 and v. 10 and to take only vv. 7-9 as the words of the psalmist. In this case one must interpret כִּי at the beginning of v. 7 in an asseverative or emphatic sense (“surely; indeed”).]
and to the wicked, “Do not be so confident of victory!
5Do not be so certain you have won![#tn Heb “do not lift up on high your horn.”]
Do not speak with your head held so high!
6For victory does not come from the east or west,
or from the wilderness.
7For God is the judge![#tn Or “judges.”]
He brings one down and exalts another.
8For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full
of foaming wine mixed with spices,
and pours it out.
Surely all the wicked of the earth
will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.”
9As for me, I will continually tell what you have done;[#tn Heb “I will declare forever.” The object needs to be supplied; God’s just judgment is in view.]
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob!
10God says,[#tn The words “God says” are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation to clarify that God speaks in v. 10.]
“I will bring down all the power of the wicked;
the godly will be victorious.”