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Psalms 75:4-5

A warning to all presumptuous braggarts, based on the Divine utterances of Psalms 75:2. It is disputed whether the speaker is still God, as in Psalms 75:2, or the poet, but the latter alternative is preferable. The interposition of Selahmarks the end of the Divine speech, and I saidnaturally introduces a fresh speaker. Moreover there is no break between Psalms 75:5 and Psalms 75:6, but it is clear that God is no longer speaking in Psalms 75:6.

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See also Psalms 75:4-5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 75:4. _I SAID UNTO THE FOOLS_] I have given the idolatrous Chaldeans sufficient warning to abandon their idols, and worship the true God; but they would not. I have also charged the wick...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I SAID UNTO THE FOOLS - To the wicked people in rebellion. Folly and wickedness in the Bible are synonymous terms, as they are identical in fact. See the notes at Psalms 14:1. DEAL NOT FOOLISHLY - Act...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 75 The Divine Answer _ 1. Christ the righteous judge (Psalms 75:1)_ 2. His judgment (Psalms 75:6) It is Christ as King who is pictured in this Psalm coming to answer the pleas of His people...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LXXV. THE INEVITABLE JUDGMENT. The Ps. opens with praise of God and His wondrous works. After Psalms 75:1 it is God who speaks. God will surely judge the world, though He waits for His appointed time....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FOOLS. arrogant. WICKED. Hebrew. _rasha'._ HORN. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for pride connected with the wearing of it....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I SAID UNTO THE FOOLS, &C.— _I gave notice to wild impious fools, behave not impiously._ These, to the ninth verse, are the author's words, in consequence of God's declaration; in which he gives fair...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 75 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Song, Enshrining an Oracular Assurance of Equitable Judgment by the Judge of the Earth. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 75:1, Congregational Thanksgiving, Promising a Rehea...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: -In reliance on God's promise (Psalms 75:2), Israel warns the haughty foe no more to lift up the neck in pride, f...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    In contrast with the plaintive strains of Psalms 74 this is a Ps. of thanksgiving for some national deliverance (Psalms 75:1). It celebrates God as the Judge of all the earth, who interposes in His ow...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FOOLS] RV 'arrogant': cp. 1 Samuel 2:4. 4, 5. 'Lifting up the horn' and having 'a stiff neck' are figures for self-exaltation and obstinacy....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ EARTHQUAKES, HORNS AND A CUP OF WINE! (SEE THE NOTES) PSALMS 75 Jesus woke up and he was angry with the wind. He said to the sea, "Shut your mouth and stop makin...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOOLS... FOOLISHLY. — Better, _arrogant_ ... _arrogantly._ See Psalms 73:3. (Comp. 1 Samuel 2:3.)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 75:5]_ אָמַ֣רְתִּי לַֽ֭ † הֹולְלִים אַל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 75:1 THIS psalm deals with the general thought of God's judgment in history, especially on heathen nations. It has no clear marks of connection with any particular instance of that judgment. Th...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GOD PUTTETH DOWN AND LIFTETH UP Psalms 75:1 This psalm dates probably from Sennacherib's invasion, and therefore the _North_ is omitted in Psalms 75:6, that being the quarter from which the enemy ca...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    If this, and the former psalm, were written by different men and at different periods, then the spiritual sense of the editor is most clearly revealed in their juxtaposition in this book. This is a co...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _There. In that favoured country. The army of Sennacherib perished on its road to Pelusium, 4 Kings xx. --- Powers. Hebrew, "sparks," (Calmet) or "burning arrows." (Montanus) (Psalm xii. 14., and cxix...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Jesus proclaims grace to the humble, and destruction to the proud. Reader, our nature by the fall is truly ignorant: and next to the absolute ruin of our nature by sin, the most awful effect of Adam's...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._I said to the fools, Act not foolishly. _(255) After he has set the office of God full in his own view and in the view of the faithful, he now triumphs over all the ungodly, whom he impeaches of ma...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In Psalms 75 Messiah is introduced speaking, though the psalm commences with the remnant giving thanks to God for wondrous works already wrought. Then judgments of God introduce Messiah to the kingdom...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I SAID UNTO THE FOOLS,.... To the vain gloriosos, proud boasters, mockers, and scoffers at the day of judgment, and burning of the world: DEAL NOT FOOLISHLY; by glorying in themselves, boasting of th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: Ver. 4. _I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly_] Boast not yourselves so proudly and petulantly, but submit to...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I said_ With authority and command; _unto the fools_ The wicked: I charged them; _Deal not foolishly_ Desist from your impious and injurious practices, which shall not now go unpunished as they have...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CHURCH PRAISES THE NEARNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical part of public worship, Al-taschith, according to the melody "Destroy Not," a psalm or song of Asap...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I said unto the fools, to the vain boasters, DEAL NOT FOOLISHLY, in boasting so proudly; AND TO THE WICKED, LIFT NOT UP THE HORN, this being an emblem of unjustified pride;...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 We often pray for mercy, when in pursuit of it; and shall we only once or twice give thanks, when we obtain it? God shows that he is nigh to us in what we call upon him for. Public trusts are to...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I SAID, with authority and command; I charged them. THE FOOLS, i.e. _the wicked_, as that is explained in the next clause. DEAL NOT FOOLISHLY; desist from your impious and injurious practices, which s...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 75:4 said H559 (H8804) boastful H1984 (H8802) boastfully H1984 (H8799) wicked H7563 up H7311 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: A rebuke for those who fail to reckon with God. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: A word from God soon abases the lofty, and hence failure to reckon on God is madness. Even kings serve H...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Title. _Al-taschith:_ do not suffer me to perish. The style indicates that this was a psalm of David, when the courtiers of Saul had pronounced him guilty of high treason for aiming at the throne. He...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For that Thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare._ GOD’S NEARNESS TO THE WORLD I. He is near as the sustainer of a dissolving system (Psalms 75:3). The force of disintegration operates every mom...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 75:1. This is a hymn of praise. It thanks God for the wondrous deeds he has done for Israel. It celebrates the fact that he is the judge of all the earth. He will, in his ow...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 75:2 JUDGE. God’s judgment will be WITH EQUITY. This fairness preserves the stability of God’s creation order (PILLARS)....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 75:4 DO NOT LIFT UP YOUR HORN. The horn is a symbol of power. To lift it up is to make a public assertion of power. God warns the ungodly not to do this....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician, Altaschith_:” see introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Pslam—a song of Asaph_:” see introduction to Psalms 74. “There are,” says Perowne, “no clearly...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This is a hymn of praise in anticipation of a deliverance, which may be from Sennacherib, or from some other dangerous enemy. The actual praise is confined to the first and the last two ver...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly (Psalms 75:1-2). T...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 7:20; Daniel 7:21; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 9:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I said — I charged them. Deal not — Desist from your practices. Lift not up — Do not carry yourselves scornfully and maliciously....

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