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1. ¶ UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks and call upon thy name.
2. We will declare all thy wondrous works; then the time will come when I will judge uprightly.
3. Then the earth and all the inhabitants thereof shall be humbled; thou hast ordained the people thereof.
4. Thou saidst to the fools, Deal not foolishly, and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn;
5. Lift not up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.
6. ¶ For defence comes neither from the west nor from the east nor from the desert mountains.
7. But God is the judge; he puts clown one, and sets up another.
8. For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, full of a mixture of the dregs of wine; and he passes it from one to another; surely all the wicked of the earth shall drink the dregs thereof.
9. But I will live for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10. All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.