Psalms 75:3

Psalms 75:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I set up its pillars firmly. Selah

Context of Psalms 75:3

1Unto thee we give thanks, O God, we give thanks; and thy name is near: thy marvellous works declare it. 2When I shall receive the assembly, I will judge with equity. The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have established its pillars. Selah. 4I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 5Lift not up your horn on high; speak not arrogantly with a [stiff] neck.

Psalms 75:3 word by word

נְֽמֹגִ֗ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְכָל־יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ אָנֹכִ֨י תִכַּ֖נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ סֶּֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 75:3

• Psalms 60:1O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.
• Psalms 78:60And he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he had dwelt among men,
• 1 Samuel 31:1And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
• Isaiah 24:1Behold, Jehovah maketh the land empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.
• 1 Samuel 18:7And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
• 1 Samuel 25:28I pray thee, forgive the transgression of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a lasting house; because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah, and evil has not been found in thee all thy days.
• 2 Samuel 5:2Even aforetime, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.
• Isaiah 49:8Thus saith Jehovah: In a time of acceptance have I answered thee, and in the day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the land, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
• Hebrews 1:3who being [the] effulgence of his glory and [the] expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made [by himself] the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high,
• 1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy, To set [him] among nobles; and he maketh them inherit a throne of glory; For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, and he hath set the world upon them.

Commentaries on Psalms 75:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved - They all depend on me; and whenever I withdraw the power by which they exist and live, they are immediately dissolved. I bear up the pillars of it - By the word of my power all things are upheld, and without me nothing can subsist. Those who consider this Psalm to have been written by David before he was anointed king over All Israel, understand the words thus: "All is at present in a state of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved - The word rendered “dissolved” means properly to melt, to flow down; then, to melt away, to pine away, to perish. Isaiah 64:7; Job 30:22; Nahum 1:5; Psalm 107:26. Here it means that there was, as it were, a general breaking up of things; or that none of the institutions of the land seemed to have any stability. There seemed to be no government, but universal anarchy and confusion. I bear up the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-8The Lord will bring justice in his own time.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. 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.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Altaschith
• Asaph
• Lift
• Promotion
• Psalms
• Bear; Borne
• God
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Pillar
• Psalms, Book of

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