New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 75:2
Psalms 75:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
- New International Version (NIV)You say, “I choose the appointed time; it is I who judge with equity.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"At the set time that I appoint I will judge with equity.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“When I choose the proper time, I will judge uprightly.
Context of Psalms 75:2
1We give thanks to You, God, we give thanks, For Your name is near; People declare Your wondrous works. “When I select an appointed time, It is I who judge fairly. 3The earth and all who inhabit it are unsteady; It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah 4I said to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ And to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up the horn;
Read all of Psalms 75Psalms 75:2 word by word
כִּ֭י אֶקַּ֣ח מוֹעֵ֑ד אֲ֝נִ֗י מֵישָׁרִ֥ים אֶשְׁפֹּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 75:2
- Psalms 78:70He also chose His servant David And took him from the sheepfolds;
- Psalms 101:2I will carefully attend to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
- 2 Samuel 2:4Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
- 2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord in Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel.
- 2 Samuel 8:15So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and righteousness for all his people.
- 2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel said it; The Rock of Israel spoke to me: ‘He who rules over mankind righteously, Who rules in the fear of God,
- Ecclesiastes 3:17I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked,” for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.
- John 7:6So Jesus said to them, “My time is not yet here, but your time is always ready.
- Acts 1:7But He said to them, “It is not for you to know periods of time or appointed times which the Father has set by His own authority;
- Acts 17:31because He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all people by raising Him from the dead.”
Commentaries on Psalms 75:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2When I shall receive the congregation - When the proper time is come that the congregation, my people of Israel, should be brought out of captivity, and received back into favor, I shall not only enlarge them, but punish their enemies. They shall be cut off and cast out, and become a more miserable people than those whom they now insult. I will destroy them as a nation, so that they shall never more be numbered among the empires of the earth.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2When I shall receive the congregation - The marginal rendering is, “Take a set time.” The phrase is thus rendered in most of the versions. So the Septuagint, “When I take the time” - ̔́ ́ ̀ hotan labō kairon So the Vulgate, “When I accept the time.” So Luther, “When in its own time.” So De Wette, “When I take the time.” According to this interpretation, this is the language of God, as if implying that, although “the earth” was then “dissolved,” or…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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