1. We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks to you!We proclaim how great you areand tell of the wonderful things you have done.
2. “I have set a time for judgement,” says God,“and I will judge with fairness.
3. Though every living creature trembleand the earth itself be shaken,I will keep its foundations firm.
4. I tell the wicked not to be arrogant;
5. I tell them to stop their boasting.”
6. Judgement does not come from the east or from the west,from the north or from the south;
7. it is God who is the judge,condemning some and acquitting others.
8. The Lord holds a cup in his hand,filled with the strong wine of his anger.He pours it out, and all the wicked drink it;they drink it down to the last drop.
9. But I will never stop speaking of the God of Jacobor singing praises to him.
10. He will break the power of the wicked,but the power of the righteous will be increased.