2. “When I choose a time,I will judge fairly.
3. When the earth and all its inhabitants shake,I am the One who steadies its pillars. Selah
4. I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
5. Do not lift up your horn against heavenor speak arrogantly.’ ”
6. Exaltation does not comefrom the east, the west, or the desert,
7. for God is the Judge:He brings down one and exalts another.
8. For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.All the wicked of the earth will drink,draining it to the dregs.
9. As for me, I will tell about Him forever;I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10. “I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”