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 unto thee, O God; we give thanks, for thy name is near: men tell of thy wondrous works. When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly. 3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. Selah 4I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Psalms 75:2 word by word

כִּ֭י אֶקַּ֣ח מוֹעֵ֑ד אֲ֝נִ֗י מֵישָׁרִ֥ים אֶשְׁפֹּֽט׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 75:2

• Psalms 78:70He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
• Psalms 101:2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
• 2 Samuel 2:4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.
• 2 Samuel 5:3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
• 2 Samuel 8:15And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
• 2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, that ruleth in the fear of God,
• Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
• John 7:6Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is alway ready.
• Acts 1:7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within his own authority.
• Acts 17:31inasmuch as he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised 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

• Altaschith
• Asaph
• Lift
• Promotion
• Psalms
• God
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Psalms, Book of
• Song

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