Psalms 75:10 BSB — MannaFest

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

1834–1892

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off. Power and liberty being restored to Israel, she begins again to execute justice, by abasing the godless who had gloried in the reign of oppression. Their power and pomp are to be smitten down. Men wore horns in those days as a part of their state, and these, both literally and figuratively, were to be lopped off; fir since God abhors the proud, his church will not tolerate them any longer. But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

This site's exposition

sing praise to the God of Jacob

on Psalms 75:9-10

The vow answers the opening thanks: he will keep proclaiming and singing to the God of Jacob. Then God speaks again, cutting off the horns of the wicked and lifting the horns of the righteous. The horn of verse 4 is settled here.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

And I shall recite forever From then on, [I will recite] His vengeance and His might.

Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Psalms 75:10:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

7 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

Hebrew	Sound	Meaning	Word study	In the Bible
וְכָל־	vekhol	and all	H3605 →	5413 times
קַרְנֵ֣י	karnei	[the] horns of	H7161 →	76 times
רְשָׁעִ֣ים	reshaim	wicked [people]	H7563 →	263 times
אֲגַדֵּ֑עַ	ʾagadea'	I will cut off	H1438 →
תְּ֝רוֹמַ֗מְנָה	teromamnah	they will be lifted up	H7311 →	190 times
קַֽרְנ֥וֹת	karnot	[the] horns of	H7161 →	76 times
צַדִּֽיק׃	tzadik	[the] righteous	H6662 →	206 times

וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
קַרְנֵ֣י[the] horns of
karneiH7161 →76 times
רְשָׁעִ֣יםwicked [people]
reshaimH7563 →263 times
אֲגַדֵּ֑עַI will cut off
ʾagadea'H1438 →
תְּ֝רוֹמַ֗מְנָהthey will be lifted up
teromamnahH7311 →190 times
קַֽרְנ֥וֹת[the] horns of
karnotH7161 →76 times
צַדִּֽיק׃[the] righteous
tzadikH6662 →206 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

17 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 92:10But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.20 works 1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.16 works Psalms 148:14He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!13 works Psalms 101:8Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.12 works Psalms 89:17For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.9 works Psalms 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.9 works

The other 11 cross-references, with their words ▾

Jeremiah 48:25The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.7 works Zechariah 1:21“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”7 works Zechariah 1:20–21Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.6 works Luke 1:69He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,5 works 1 Samuel 2:1At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.5 works Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.5 works Lamentations 2:3In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.4 works Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.4 works Job 16:15I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.2 works 2 Samuel 3:39And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”2 works Jeremiah 38:10So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

Through
Psalms 92:10
But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
it leads to
- Psalms 23:5
  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- Psalms 89:17
  For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
- Psalms 45:7
  You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- 2 Corinthians 1:21
  Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
- 1 John 2:20
  You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
Through
Psalms 101:8
Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 21:12
  O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire…
- Proverbs 16:12
  Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
- Psalms 48:8
  As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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