Chapter: Psalm 75

Psalms of Thanksgiving

These psalms/songs praise God in response to an event of deliverance already experienced. They are songs sung by people who, after a time of waiting, have experienced the goodness of God in the everyday world. These songs come from ordinary individuals, the king (royal), or the believing community.

Examples: Psalms 30, 32, 34, 65, 67, 92, 107, 116, 124, 138 and others

75

Confitebimur tibi

¹ Unto you, O God, do we give thanks; *

indeed, unto you do we give thanks.

² Those who call upon your Name *

declare your wondrous works.

³ “Surely at the time which I appoint, *

I, the Lord, will judge according to what is right.

⁴ The earth shakes with fear, and all that dwell therein; *

but I, even I, have made firm its pillars.

⁵ I say to the proud, ‘You should not boast!’ *

And to the ungodly, ‘Do not lift up your horn!

⁶ Do not lift up your horn on high, *

nor speak with a stiff neck.’”

⁷ For help comes neither from the east nor from the west, *

nor yet from the wilderness or the mountains.

⁸ For it is God who is the Judge; *

he puts down one and lifts up another.

⁹ For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is foaming; *

it is fully mixed, and he pours it out.

¹⁰ As for the dregs of it, *

all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them and drain them out.

¹¹ But I will magnify the God of Jacob *

and praise him for ever and ever.

¹² All the horns of the ungodly will I break, *

but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.