Psalms 75:7
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Psalms 75:7 in other translations
| BSB | but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another. |
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| WEB | But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another. |
| ASV | But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another. |
| YLT | But God is judge, This He maketh low--and this He lifteth up. |
| DARBY | For God is the judge; he putteth down one and exalteth another. |
| BBE | But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another. |
| Webster | But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. |
What does Psalms 75:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 75:4-8
4-8. 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.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 75:6-10
No second causes will raise men to preferment without the First Cause. It comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. He mentions not the north; the same word that signifies the north, signifies the secret place; and from the secret of God's counsel it does come. From God alone all must receive their doom. There are mixtures of mercy and grace in the cup of affliction, when it is put into the…
Psalms 75:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 75:7
- Luke 1:52
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
- Daniel 2:21-22
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
- Psalms 147:6
The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
- Psalms 113:7-8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
- 2 Samuel 6:21
And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord.
- Psalms 50:6
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
- 1 Samuel 2:7-8
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
- John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
- Jeremiah 27:4-8
And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. …
- 1 Samuel 16:1
And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
- 1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
- Psalms 58:11
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
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Context
- Psalms 75:6
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
- Psalms 75:7
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- Psalms 75:8
For 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.
Psalms 75:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas Dios es el juez: á éste abate, y á aquél ensalza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car ce n’est ni du levant, ni du couchant, ni du midi, que vient l’élévation. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn Gott ist Richter; diesen erniedrigt er, und jenen erhöht er. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ab increpatione tua, Deus Jacob, dormitaverunt qui ascenderunt equos. |