Psalms 75:5

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 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. Do not boast against God. Do not speak with such proud words.’ 6Who has the power to judge people? Nobody from the east, or from the west, or from the desert can be judge. 7God is the one who judges people. He decides who to bring down and who to lift up.

Psalms 75:5 word by word

אַל־תָּרִ֣ימוּ לַמָּר֣וֹם קַרְנְכֶ֑ם תְּדַבְּר֖וּ בְצַוָּ֣אר עָתָֽק׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lift not upרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• your hornקֶ֫רֶןqeren · hornH7161
• on highמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791
• speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• a stiffעָתָק‛âthâq · arrogantH6277
• neckצַוָּארtsavvâ'r tsavvâr tsavvârôn tsavvâ'râh · neckH6677

Cross-references for Psalms 75:5

• Exodus 32:9Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘I have seen these people. They are proud and they do not obey me.
• Deuteronomy 31:27I know that they are a proud people who do not want to obey me. All the time that I have been living among them, they have turned against the Lord. After my death, they will turn against him even more!
• 2 Chronicles 30:8Do not refuse to obey him, as your parents did. Instead, agree to serve him. Come to his temple. He has made it a holy place for ever. Serve the Lord your God so that he will stop being so angry with you.
• Isaiah 48:4I did it because I know what you are like. You refuse to obey me. You do not want to change the way that you live. Your neck is like iron and it will not bend! Your head is as hard as bronze!
• Ezekiel 2:4I am sending you to speak to these people. They do not accept my authority and they refuse to change. But you must say to them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says.”
• Acts 7:51Then Stephen said, ‘You people do not want to obey God! You do not want to listen to God's true message. You are the same as your ancestors. Like them, you always fight against what the Holy Spirit says.

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

• Pride
• Self-Will

In the dictionaries

• Altaschith
• Asaph
• Horn
• Lift
• Promotion
• Psalms
• God
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Neck
• 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