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Psalm 75:5-7 KJV
Psalms · chapter 75 · verses 5–7
5Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. 6For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.Psalm 75:5-7 · King James Version
Psalm 75:5-7 in context
3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
6For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
8For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
9But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
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Key words (Strong's)
- promotionrûwmto be high actively, to rise or raiseH7311 →
- promotionhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- stiffʻâthâqimpudentH6277 →
- judgeshâphaṭto judgeH8199 →
- hornqerena hornH7161 →
- highmârôwmaltitudeH4791 →
- eastmôwtsâʼa going forthH4161 →
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In these verses, I. The psalmist gives to God the praise of his advancement to honour and power, and the other great things he had done for him and for his people Israel (Psa 75:1): Unto thee, O God! do we give thanks for all the favours thou hast bestowed upon us; and again, unto thee do we give thanks;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5