1. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks, for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare.
2. When I shall receive the congregation, I will judge uprightly.
3. The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I bore up the pillars of it. Selah.
4. I said unto the fools, Do not deal foolishly and to the wicked, Do not lift up the horn:
5. Do not lift up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.
6. For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert.
7. But God is the judge; he puts down one and sets up another.