To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.
1-3 We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your name is near. We recount Your wonders. 2 “When I choose the appointed time, I will judge with fairness. 3 When the earth melts, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars.” Selah
קרן (keren) = “horn”
רום (rum) = “lift up”
4-8 “I say to the boasting [הוללים, holelim], ‘Do not boast [הלו, holu],’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn. 5 Do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with haughty neck [or ‘against the Rock’].’” 6 For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness is one lifted up, 7 but it is God who executes judgment, putting down this one and lifting up this one. 8 For in the hand of Adonai there is a cup with strong wine, well mixed, and He pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.
9-10 But I will declare it forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 All the horns of the wicked I will hack off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
REFERENCES
Verse 4
Genesis 7:17 The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose up (רום, rum) above the earth. [1st occ.]
Genesis 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horn (קרן, keren). And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. [1st occ.]
Psalm 73:3 For I was envious of the boasting (הוללים, holelim) when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
From the Amidah Prayer
May the shoot of Your servant David soon flourish, and may his horn (קרן, keren) be raised high (רום, rum) by Your salvation [yeshua] for we wait for Your salvation [yeshua] all day. Blessed are You, Adonai, who makes the horn (קרן, keren) of salvation [yeshua] flourish.
Verse 8
Isaiah 51:17 Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of Adonai the cup of His wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl, the cup of staggering.
