Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 75:4
4I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
Psalms 75:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
- New International Version (NIV)To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I say to the boastful, 'Do not boast,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horn;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I said to the boastful, ‘Do not deal boastfully,’ And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn.
Context of Psalms 75:4
2“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly. 3When the earth and all its inhabitants shake, I am the one who steadies its pillars.Selah I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn. 5Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak arrogantly.’” 6Exaltation does not come from the east, the west, or the desert,
Read all of Psalms 75Psalms 75:4 word by word
אָמַ֣רְתִּי לַֽ֭הוֹלְלִים אַל־תָּהֹ֑לּוּ וְ֝לָרְשָׁעִ֗ים אַל־תָּרִ֥ימוּ קָֽרֶן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 75:4
- Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?Selah
- Psalms 94:8Pay attention, you stupid people! Fools, when will you be wise?
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 8:5Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.
- Proverbs 9:6Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding.
- Psalms 89:17For you are their magnificent strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
- Psalms 148:14He has raised up a horn for his people, resulting in praise to all his faithful ones, to the Israelites, the people close to him. Hallelujah!
- Daniel 7:20I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and about the other horn that came up, before which three fell — the horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke arrogantly, and that looked bigger than the others.
- Zechariah 1:21I asked, “What are they coming to do?” He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so no one could raise his head. These craftsmen have come to terrify them, to cut off the horns of the nations that raised a horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
Commentaries on Psalms 75:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I 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 wicked, to whom for a season I have delivered you because of your transgressions, not to lift up their horn - not to use their power to oppress and destroy. They have, notwithstanding, abused their power in the persecutions with which they have afflicted you. For all these things…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I 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 Psalm 14:1. Deal not foolishly - Act not foolishly; carry not out your wicked plans. Do not pursue your schemes of wickedness and folly, for they cannot be successful, and they will only tend to involve you in ruin. And to the wicked - The wicked people engaged in rebellion - either against a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The wicked proudly defy heaven, where God lives. By boasting, they claim that they are wiser than God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-84-8. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 75
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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