Psalms 75:7
but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
BSB
ASV
But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
KJV
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
But God is the judge. Even now he is actually judging. His seat is not vacant; his authority is not abdicated; the Lord reigneth evermore. He putteth down one, and setteth up another. Empires rise and fall at his bidding. A dungeon here, and there a throne, his will assigns. Assyria yields to Babylon, and Babylon to the Medes. Kings are but puppets in his hand; they serve his purpose when they rise and when they fall.
We see strange revolutions in states and kingdoms, and are surprised at the sudden disgrace of some and elevation of others; we are all full of such changes, when they happen; but here we are directed to look at the author of them, and are taught where the original of power is, and whence promotion comes. Whence comes preferment to kingdoms, to the sovereignty of them?
Here the writer speaks in view of God's declaration, warning the wicked. Lift . . . up the horn--to exalt power, here, of the wicked himself--that is, to be arrogant or self-elated.
The walk8
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Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
leads to
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make…
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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Psalms 147:6The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
leads to
He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
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Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
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The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
