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Psalms 75:3
3When the earth shakes and the people in it are afraid, I will keep its foundations strong.’ Selah.
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
1God, we thank you! Yes, we thank you! You are very near to us. People everywhere say what great things you have done. 2God says, ‘I choose the time when I will judge people, and I will be a fair judge. When the earth shakes and the people in it are afraid, I will keep its foundations strong.’ Selah. 4I say to people who are proud, ‘Do not be proud.’ I say to wicked people, ‘Do not boast about your power. 5Do not boast against God. Do not speak with such proud words.’
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נְֽמֹגִ֗ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְכָל־יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ אָנֹכִ֨י תִכַּ֖נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ סֶּֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 75:3
- Psalms 60:1God, you have turned against us, and you have broken down our strong walls. You are angry with us, but please make us strong again!
- Psalms 78:60He went away from his home at Shiloh. That was the tent where he lived among people.
- 1 Samuel 31:1The Philistines fought against the Israelites. The Israelites ran away, and the Philistines killed many of them on Gilboa mountain.
- Isaiah 24:1Understand this! The Lord is ready to destroy the earth. It will become a desert. He will spoil the ground. He will chase away all the people who live on it.
- 1 Samuel 18:7They sang this song while they danced: ‘Saul has killed thousands of his enemies. And David has killed tens of thousands of his enemies.’
- 1 Samuel 25:28I am your servant. Please forgive me for any sin. I know that the Lord will always choose someone from your family to be Israel's king. The Lord will do that because you fight battles on his behalf. I pray that you will not do any evil thing in your whole life.
- 2 Samuel 5:2In the past, when Saul ruled over us as king, you were the leader of Israel's army in the wars. The Lord said to you, “You will take care of my people as a shepherd takes care of his sheep. You will rule over Israel.” ’
- Isaiah 49:8This is what the Lord says: ‘I will answer your prayers at the time that I have chosen to help you. Yes, I will come to save you on that day. I will keep you safe, so that I can make a covenant with people through you. You will make the land safe again. People will return to live there, in places that had become empty.
- Hebrews 1:3The Son shows us completely what God is like. He shines with God's great glory. His nature is the same as God's nature. The Son's powerful word causes everything to continue. He himself made it possible for us to be clean from our sins. After he had done that, he returned to heaven. He went and he sat at the right side of God, who rules with all authority.
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises up weak people from the ground. He lifts poor people up out of the dirt. He makes them become friends of princes. He puts them in places of honour. The deep places of the earth belong to the Lord. He built the world on a strong foundation.
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
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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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