Revised Webster's Bible
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
1To thee, O God, do we give thanks, to thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. 3The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved: I bear up its pillars. Selah. 4I said to the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not 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 chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheep folds:
- Psalms 101:2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come to 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, That the men of Jabeshgilead 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 league 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 to all his people.
- 2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
- John 7:6Then Jesus said to them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready.
- Acts 1:7And he said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
- Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, when he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; of which he hath given assurance to 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
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Notes
- 1. Psalms 75:2 receive...: or, take a set time ↩
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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