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Psalm 75:6 KJV
Psalms · chapter 75 · verse 6
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.Psalm 75:6 · King James Version
Psalm 75:6 in context
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- promotionrûwmto be high actively, to rise or raiseH7311 →
- promotionhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- eastmôwtsâʼa going forthH4161 →
- westmaʻărâbthe westH4628 →
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In these verses we have two great doctrines laid down and two good inferences drawn from them, for the confirmation of what he had before said. I. Here are two great truths laid down concerning God's government of the world, which we ought to mix faith with, both pertinent to the occasion: - 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-10