God’s Righteous Judgment
(Romans 2:1–16)

For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy (do not destroy).” A Psalm of Asaph (gatherer). A song.

1 We give thanks to You, O God {Elohim};

we give thanks, for Your Name is near.

The people declare Your wondrous works.

2“When I choose a time,

I will judge fairly.

3When the earth and all its dwellers quake,

it is I who bear up its pillars.

Selah

4I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’

and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

5Do not lift up your⁺ horn against heaven

or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

6For exaltation comes neither from east nor west,

nor out of the desert,

7but it is God {Elohim} who judges;

He brings down one and exalts another.

8For a cup is in the hand of the LORD {YHWH},

full of foaming wine mixed with spices.

He pours from His cup,

and all the wicked of the earth

drink it down to the dregs.

9But I will proclaim Him (proclaim it)a forever;

I will sing praise to the God {Elohe} of Jacob (he grasps the heel).

10“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,

but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”