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Psalm 75. This is a hymn of praise, thanking God for the wondrous deeds he has done for Israel, and celebrating the fact that he is the judge of all the earth and will, in his own time, put down the wicked and lift up the faithful. There is no indication of a specific occasion for which someone wrote this psalm or the congregation sang it, but this is not surprising; its lesson of faith (God's sovereign rule that this psalm celebrates is often invisible) is needful at all times.

75:1 O God, We Recount Your Wondrous Deeds. The subject (we) is Israel: they are the ones to whom God's name is near, they are the people on whose account God has done his wondrous deeds. (In the Psalms, deeds that are "wondrous," "mighty," "awesome," etc., are the great acts God has done to guide and guard his people so that they can flourish in true piety; e.g., the plagues of Egypt, the crossing of the Jordan River, defeating enemies.)