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Psalms 75:2
2God says, “At the time I have planned, I will bring justice against the wicked.
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 thank you, O God! We give thanks because you are near. People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds. God says, “At the time I have planned, I will bring justice against the wicked. 3When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil, I am the one who keeps its foundations firm. Interlude 4“I warned the proud, ‘Stop your boasting!’ I told the wicked, ‘Don’t raise your fists!
Read all of Psalms 75Psalms 75:2 word by word
כִּ֭י אֶקַּ֣ח מוֹעֵ֑ד אֲ֝נִ֗י מֵישָׁרִ֥ים אֶשְׁפֹּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 75:2
- Psalms 78:70He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.
- Psalms 101:2I will be careful to live a blameless life— when will you come to help me? I will lead a life of integrity in my own home.
- 2 Samuel 2:4Then the men of Judah came to David and anointed him king over the people of Judah. When David heard that the men of Jabesh-gilead had buried Saul,
- 2 Samuel 5:3So there at Hebron, King David made a covenant before the Lord with all the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 8:15So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.
- 2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel spoke. The Rock of Israel said to me: ‘The one who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
- Ecclesiastes 3:17I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds.”
- John 7:6Jesus replied, “Now is not the right time for me to go, but you can go anytime.
- Acts 1:7He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know.
- Acts 17:31For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is 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
In the dictionaries
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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