Psalms 75 · Verse 2

Psalms 75:2

When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
Psalms 75:2, King James Version

Psalms 75:2 in other translations

BSB“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
WEBWhen I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
ASVWhen I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly.
YLTWhen I receive an appointment, I--I do judge uprightly.
DARBYWhen I shall receive the assembly, I will judge with equity.
BBEWhen the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.
WebsterWhen I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

What does Psalms 75:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 75:2-3
2-3. These verses express the purpose of God to administer a just government, and in a time of anarchy that He sustains the nation. Some apply the words to the Psalmist. receive the congregation--literally, "take a set time" (Psa 102:13; Ho 2:3), or an assembly at a set time--that is, for judging.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 When I shall receive the congregation - When the proper time is come that the congregation, my people of Israel, should be brought out of captivity, and received back into favor, I shall not only enlarge them, but punish their enemies. They shall be cut off and cast out, and become a more miserable people than those whom they now insult. I will destroy them as a nation, so that they shall never more be numbered among the empires of the earth.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 75:1-5

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 be managed uprightly. This may well be applied to Christ and his government. Man's sin threatened to destroy the whole creation; but Christ saved the world from utter ruin. He who is made of God to us wisdom, bids us be…

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Psalms 75:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֭יkiifH3588
אֶקַּ֣ח'e.KachI will takeH3947
מוֹעֵ֑דmo.'Edan appointed timeH4150
אֲ֝נִ֗י'a.NiIH589
מֵישָׁרִ֥יםmei.sha.Rimuprightness<es>H4339
אֶשְׁפֹּֽט\׃'esh.PotI will judgeH8199

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 75:2

  • Ecclesiastes 3:17

    I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

  • Acts 17:31

    Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

  • John 7:6

    Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

  • Acts 1:7

    And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

  • Psalms 102:13

    Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

  • 2 Samuel 5:3

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel.

  • 2 Samuel 23:3-4

    The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

  • Psalms 78:70-72

    He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

  • 2 Samuel 8:15

    And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.

  • 2 Samuel 2:4

    And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh–gilead were they that buried Saul.

  • Psalms 101:2

    I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When.
78:70-72; 101:2; 2Sa 2:4; 5:3; 8:15; 23:3,4
receive the congregation. or, take a set time.
Ec 3:17; Joh 7:6; Ac 1:7; 17:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 75:1

    To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

  • Psalms 75:2

    When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.

  • Psalms 75:3

    The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

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Psalms 75:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cuando yo tuviere tiempo, yo juzgaré rectamente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Nous te célébrons, ô Dieu! nous te célébrons, et ton nom est proche: tes merveilles le racontent.
German
Elberfelder 1871		"Wenn ich die Versammlung empfangen werde, will ich in Geradheit richten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Notus in Judæa Deus; in Israël magnum nomen ejus.