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Psalm 75 Geneva Bible (1599)

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1 To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme or song committed toAsaph. We will prayse thee, O God, we will prayse thee, for thy Name is neere: therefore they will declare thy wonderous workes.
1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm by Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
2 When I shall take a conuenient time, I will iudge righteously.
2 When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
3 The earth and all the inhabitantes thereof are dissolued: but I will establish the pillars of it. Selah.
3 The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.
4 I saide vnto the foolish, Be not so foolish, and to the wicked, Lift not vp the horne.
4 I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.
5 Lift not vp your horne on high, neither speake with a stiffe necke.
5 Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”
6 For to come to preferment is neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South,
6 For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
7 But God is the iudge: he maketh lowe and he maketh hie.
7 But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
8 For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixt, and he powreth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drinke the dregges thereof.
8 For in Yahweh’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
9 But I will declare for euer, and sing prayses vnto the God of Iaakob.
9 But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 All the hornes of the wicked also will I breake: but the hornes of the righteous shalbe exalted.
10 I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Cross references (10)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 145:18; Psalm 138:2; Jeremiah 10:6; Deuteronomy 4:7; Exodus 23:21
  2. 2 Ecclesiastes 3:17; Acts 17:31; John 7:6; Acts 1:7; Psalm 102:13
  3. 3 1 Samuel 2:8; Isaiah 24:19; Hebrews 1:3; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 24:1–12
  4. 4 Zechariah 1:21; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 8:5; Psalm 82:2–8; Psalm 94:8
  5. 5 Isaiah 48:4; Acts 7:51; 2 Chronicles 30:8; Exodus 32:9; Deuteronomy 31:27
  6. 6 Psalm 3:3
  7. 7 Luke 1:52; Daniel 2:21–22; Psalm 147:6; Psalm 113:7–8; 2 Samuel 6:21
  8. 8 Job 21:20; Jeremiah 25:15; Psalm 11:6; Revelation 16:19; Revelation 14:9–10
  9. 9 Psalm 40:10; Psalm 104:33; Psalm 9:14; Psalm 145:1–2
  10. 10 Psalm 89:17; Psalm 92:10; Jeremiah 48:25; Zechariah 1:20–21; Psalm 101:8

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 75:8 Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine (Book III, Chapters 22–27)

    There are passages, however, in regard to which it is uncertain in what sense they ought to be taken, as for example, "In the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full of mixture." Now it is uncertain whether this denotes the wrath of God, but not to the last extremity of …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  2. Quotes verse 75:3 Basil of Caesarea, Hexaemeron (Homily I)

    … to your thought, so that your curiosity in investigating the incomprehensible may not incur the reproaches of Job, and you be not asked by him, "Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?" If ever you hear in the Psalms, "I bear up the pillars of it;" see in these pillars the power which sustains it.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)