(Saint Athanasius Orthodox Church, Nicholasville, KY on a 56 mile 56th birthday month ride, December 16, 2017, with Father Justin Patterson)

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks; your name is near. People tell of your wondrous deeds.
Psalm 75:1

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Psalm 75 (NRSV)

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks; your name is near. People tell of your wondrous deeds.

At the set time that I appoint I will judge with equity.

When the earth totters, with all its inhabitants, it is I who keep its pillars steady. Selah

I say to the boastful, “Do not boast,” and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horn;

do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with insolent neck.”

For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up;

but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed; he will pour a draught from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.

But I will rejoice forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.