New English Translation
Psalms 75:6
6For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness.
Psalms 75:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
- New International Version (NIV)No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
- New King James Version (NKJV)For exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south.
Context of Psalms 75:6
4I say to the proud, “Do not be proud,” and to the wicked, “Do not be so confident of victory! 5Do not be so certain you have won! Do not speak with your head held so high! For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness. 7For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another. 8For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.”
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כִּ֤י לֹ֣א מִ֭מּוֹצָא וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב וְ֝לֹ֗א מִמִּדְבַּ֥ר הָרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Psalms 75:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6For promotion cometh neither from the east, etc. - As if the Lord had said, speaking to the Babylonians, None of all the surrounding powers shall be able to help you; none shall pluck you out of my hand. I am the Judge: I will pull you down, and set my afflicted people up, Psalm 75:7. Calmet has observed that the Babylonians had Media, Armenia, and Mesopotamia on the East; and thence came Darius the Mede: that it had Arabia, Phoenicia, and Egypt on the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For promotion - The word used here in the original, and rendered “promotion” - הרים hariym - is susceptible of two quite different significations. According to one - that which is adopted by our translators - it is the infinitive (Hiphil) of רום rûm “to raise” - the word used in Psalm 75:5-6, and there rendered “lift up.” Thus it would mean, that to “lift up” is not the work of people, or is not originated by the earth - does not originate from any part…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 6-10 No second causes will raise men to preferment without the First Cause. It comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. He mentions not the north; the same word that signifies the north, signifies the secret place; and from the secret of God's counsel it does come. From God alone all must receive their doom. There are mixtures of mercy and grace in the cup of affliction, when it is put into the hands of God's people…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6No creature has the right to rebel against its Creator.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
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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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