Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 75:5
5Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak arrogantly.’”
Psalms 75:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak so defiantly.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with haughty neck.'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not lift up your horn on high; Do not speak with a stiff neck.’ ”
Context of Psalms 75:5
3When the earth and all its inhabitants shake, I am the one who steadies its pillars.Selah 4I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn. Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak arrogantly.’” 6Exaltation does not come from the east, the west, or the desert, 7for God is the Judge: He brings down one and exalts another.
Read all of Psalms 75Psalms 75:5 word by word
אַל־תָּרִ֣ימוּ לַמָּר֣וֹם קַרְנְכֶ֑ם תְּדַבְּר֖וּ בְצַוָּ֣אר עָתָֽק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 75:5
- Exodus 32:9The Lord also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
- Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the Lord now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!
- 2 Chronicles 30:8Don’t become obstinate now like your ancestors did. Give your allegiance to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary that he has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God so that he may turn his burning anger away from you,
- Isaiah 48:4Because I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is iron and your forehead bronze,
- Ezekiel 2:4The descendants are obstinate and hardhearted. I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’
- Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.
Commentaries on Psalms 75:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Speak not with a stiff neck - Mr. Bruce has observed that the Abyssinian kings have a horn on their diadem; and that the keeping it erect, or in a projecting form, makes them appear as if they had a stiff neck; and refers to this passage for the antiquity of the usage, and the appearance also.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Lift not up your horn on high - In a proud, self-confident, arrogant manner. Speak not with a stiff neck - With arrogance and pride; in a haughty, imperious manner. The word rendered “stiff” (literally “a neck of stiffness”) - עתק ‛âthâq - means properly bold, impudent, wicked; and the idea is that of speaking as those do who are impudent, shameless, bold, licentious - indicating confidence in themselves, and a reckless disregard of truth and of the…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
Topics related to Psalms 75:5
In the dictionaries
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
Christian Standard Bible — © 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
Commentaries