Psalm 75

1 We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

2 “When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.

3 When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

4 I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.

5 Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”

6 For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

7 but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.

8 For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, 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.

9 But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

10 “All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”

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Chapter summary

'We give thanks unto thee, O God… men tell of thy wondrous works.' God himself speaks: 'When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly.

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'We give thanks unto thee, O God… men tell of thy wondrous works.' God himself speaks: 'When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly. The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it.' Lift not up the horn; 'for neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up; but God is the judge: he putteth down one, and lifteth up another.' In Jehovah's hand is a cup foaming with mixture, all the wicked of the earth shall drain its dregs.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Poetry · David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, others — Psalms overview

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Psalms 1381 verse
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- Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
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- Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
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John 71 verse
- John 7:6Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
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1 Samuel 21 verse
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
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Isaiah 241 verse
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