Psalms 75:3

Psalms 75:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I set up its pillars firmly. Selah

Context of Psalms 75:3

1We give thanks unto thee, O God; we give thanks, for thy name is near: men tell of thy wondrous works. 2When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly. The 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: 5Lift not up your horn on high; speak not with a stiff neck.

Psalms 75:3 word by word

נְֽמֹגִ֗ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְכָל־יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ אָנֹכִ֨י תִכַּ֖נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ סֶּֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

• setמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meeting: time appointedH4150
• upאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589

Cross-references for Psalms 75:3

• Psalms 60:1O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; thou hast been angry; O restore us again.
• Psalms 78:60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
• 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
• Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
• 1 Samuel 18:7And the women sang one to another in their play, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
• 1 Samuel 25:28Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.
• 2 Samuel 5:2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.
• Isaiah 49:8Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I answered thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;
• Hebrews 1:3who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• 1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, he lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.

Commentaries on Psalms 75:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved - They all depend on me; and whenever I withdraw the power by which they exist and live, they are immediately dissolved. I bear up the pillars of it - By the word of my power all things are upheld, and without me nothing can subsist. Those who consider this Psalm to have been written by David before he was anointed king over All Israel, understand the words thus: "All is at present in a state of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved - The word rendered “dissolved” means properly to melt, to flow down; then, to melt away, to pine away, to perish. Isaiah 64:7; Job 30:22; Nahum 1:5; Psalm 107:26. Here it means that there was, as it were, a general breaking up of things; or that none of the institutions of the land seemed to have any stability. There seemed to be no government, but universal anarchy and confusion. I bear up the…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
• Bear; Borne
• God
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Pillar
• 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