1 We thank you, O God!We give thanks because you are near.People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds.
2 God says, “At the time I have planned,I will bring justice against the wicked.
3 When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil,I am the one who keeps its foundations firm.Interlude
4 “I warned the proud, ‘Stop your boasting!’I told the wicked, ‘Don’t raise your fists!
5 Don’t raise your fists in defiance at the heavensor speak with such arrogance.’”
6 For no one on earth—from east or west,or even from the wilderness—should raise a defiant fist.
7 It is God alone who judges;he decides who will rise and who will fall.
8 For the lord holds a cup in his handthat is full of foaming wine mixed with spices.He pours out the wine in judgment,and all the wicked must drink it,draining it to the dregs.
9 But as for me, I will always proclaim what God has done;I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 For God says, “I will break the strength of the wicked,but I will increase the power of the godly.”