## Psalms Chapter 75

###### Psalms 75:1
[Psalms 75:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/75:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵ֑ת מִזְמ֖וֹר לְאָסָ֣ף שִֽׁיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, Al-tashĥet, A Psalm of Asaf, A Poem.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor — Do not destroy [Israel in the exile] — a psalm of Asaf, a song.


###### Psalms 75:2
[Psalms 75:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/75:2)

ה֘וֹדִ֤ינוּ לְּךָ֨**׀** אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים ה֭וֹדִינוּ וְקָר֣וֹב שְׁמֶ֑ךָ סִ֝פְּר֗וּ נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To Thee, O God, we give thanks; we give thanks; for Thy name is near; men declare Thy wondrous works.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
We have thanked You, O G d [(for the good)]; we have thanked You [(for the ill)], and Your name is [always] close [(to us, in our mouths)]. [Your generations] have related Your wonders [always].


###### Psalms 75:3
[Psalms 75:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/75:3)

כִּ֭י אֶקַּ֣ח מוֹעֵ֑ד אֲ֝נִ֗י מֵישָׁרִ֥ים אֶשְׁפֹּֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely I shall take the appointed time; I will judge with equity.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When I take [i.e., celebrate] a festival, [I do not indulge in frivolity, but] I judge what is just [i.e., I take it to heart to praise You in accordance with the nature of that festival].


###### Psalms 75:4
[Psalms 75:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/75:4)

נְֽמֹגִ֗ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְכׇל־יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ אָנֹכִ֨י תִכַּ֖נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ סֶּֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When the earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved, I bear up the pillars of it. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[On the day of the giving of the Torah, when] the earth and all its dwellers were melting [with fear, least the condition that You made with the creation — "If Israel does not accept the Torah, you [the creation] shall revert to nothingness" —], I [Israel] established its pillars forever [by saying (Exodus 24:7): "We shall do and we shall hear."]


###### Psalms 75:5
[Psalms 75:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/75:5)

אָמַ֣רְתִּי לַ֭הוֹלְלִים אַל־תָּהֹ֑לּוּ וְ֝לָרְשָׁעִ֗ים אַל־תָּרִ֥ימוּ קָֽרֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I said to the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly! and to the wicked, Lift not the horn.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I said to the mockers [(the evil ones, who confound Israel)]: Do not mock; and to the wicked: Do not raise your horn [in rebellion against the Almighty].


###### Psalms 75:6
[Psalms 75:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/75:6)

אַל־תָּרִ֣ימוּ לַמָּר֣וֹם קַרְנְכֶ֑ם תְּדַבְּר֖וּ בְצַוָּ֣אר עָתָֽק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lift not your horn on high: speak not with an insolent neck.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not lift your horn on high; [do not] speak with brazen neck.


###### Psalms 75:7
[Psalms 75:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/75:7)

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א מִ֭מּוֹצָא וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב וְ֝לֹ֗א מִמִּדְבַּ֥ר הָרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For judgment comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert peaks:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For not from east or west, and not from the desert [(which you cross in caravans in pursuit of wealth)] does lifting come.


###### Psalms 75:8
[Psalms 75:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/75:8)

כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֥ים שֹׁפֵ֑ט זֶ֥ה יַ֝שְׁפִּ֗יל וְזֶ֣ה יָרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but God is the judge: he puts one down, and sets up another.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But G d judges [(you for every evil you have done)]. This one [(the proud)] He lowers, and that one [(the lowly)] He exalts.


###### Psalms 75:9
[Psalms 75:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/75:9)

כִּ֤י כ֪וֹס בְּֽיַד־יְהֹוָ֡ה וְיַ֤יִן חָמַ֨ר**׀** מָ֥לֵא מֶסֶךְ֮ וַיַּגֵּ֢ר מִ֫זֶּ֥ה אַךְ־שְׁ֭מָרֶיהָ יִמְצ֣וּ יִשְׁתּ֑וּ כֹּ֝֗ל רִשְׁעֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, with foaming wine; it is full of mixture; and he pours out of the same: but its dregs, shall all the wicked of the earth drain and drink.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the [poisoned] cup is in the hand of the L rd — strong wine, fully admixed [(for all of the idolators)]. And from this He pours. Only [(the wicked, and not the righteous)] will drain its dregs. All the wicked of the earth will drink [of it].


###### Psalms 75:10
[Psalms 75:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/75:10)

וַ֭אֲנִי אַגִּ֣יד לְעֹלָ֑ם אֲ֝זַמְּרָ֗ה לֵאלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Ya῾aqov.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall [then] speak forever [(of His vengeance and His might)]. I shall sing to the G d of Jacob.


###### Psalms 75:11
[Psalms 75:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/75:11)

וְכׇל־קַרְנֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֲגַדֵּ֑עַ תְּ֝רוֹמַ֗מְנָה קַֽרְנ֥וֹת צַדִּֽיק׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And all the horns of the wicked [Esav (viz. Ezekiel 29:14)] will I cut off, [and] the horns [i.e., the glory (viz., Israel)] of the righteous One will be uplifted.