Psalms 75:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: ”

Psalms 75:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I said unto the fools - To the wicked people in rebellion. Folly and wickedness in the Bible are synonymous terms, as they are identical in fact. See the notes at Psalms 14:1 . Deal not fooli...
Psalms 75:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXV. The Inevitable Judgment. The Ps. opens with praise of God and His wondrous works. After Psalms 75:1 it is God who speaks. God will surely judge the world, though He waits for His appointed...
Psalms 75:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fools . arrogant. wicked. Hebrew. rasha'. horn. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for pride connected with the wearing of it.
Psalms 75:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. I said to the fools, Act not foolishly. (255) After he has set the office of God full in his own view and in the view of the faithful, he now triumphs over all the ungodly, whom he impea...
Psalms 75:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: I said unto the fools - I have given the idolatrous Chaldeans sufficient warning to abandon their idols, and worshi...
Psalms 75:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I said unto the fools, &c.— I gave notice to wild impious fools, behave not impiously. These, to the ninth verse, are the author's words, in consequence of God's declaration; in which he give...
Psalms 75:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: -In reliance on God's promise ( Psalms 75:2-3 ), Israel warns the haughty foe no more to lift up the neck in...
Psalms 75:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In contrast with the plaintive strains of Psalms 74 this is a Ps. of thanksgiving for some national deliverance ( Psalms 75:1 ). It celebrates God as the Judge of all the earth, who interposes in H...
Psalms 75:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Fools... foolishly. — Better, arrogant ... arrogantly. See Psalms 73:3 . (Comp. 1 Samuel 2:3 .)
Psalms 75:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 75:1-10 THIS psalm deals with the general thought of God's judgment in history, especially on heathen nations. It has no clear marks of connection with any particular instance of that judgm...
Psalms 75:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God Putteth down and Lifteth up Psalms 75:1-10 This psalm dates probably from Sennacherib's invasion, and therefore the North is omitted in Psalms 75:6 , that being the quarter from which th...
Psalms 75:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

If this, and the former psalm, were written by different men and at different periods, then the spiritual sense of the editor is most clearly revealed in their juxtaposition in this book. This is a c...
Psalms 75:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jesus proclaims grace to the humble, and destruction to the proud. Reader, our nature by the fall is truly ignorant: and next to the absolute ruin of our nature by sin, the most awful effect of Adam'...
Psalms 75:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I said unto the fools ,.... To the vain gloriosos, proud boasters, mockers, and scoffers at the day of judgment, and burning of the world: deal not foolishly ; by glorying in themselves, boasting...
Psalms 75:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: Ver. 4. I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly ] Boast not yourselves so proudly and petulantly, but submit t...
Psalms 75:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I said With authority and command; unto the fools The wicked: I charged them; Deal not foolishly Desist from your impious and injurious practices, which shall not now go unpunished as they have...
Psalms 75:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Magistrate's Resolution. To the chief musician, Al-taschith. A psalm or song of Asaph. 1 Unto thee, O God, do...
Psalms 75:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I said, with authority and command; I charged them. The fools, i.e. the wicked , as that is explained in the next clause. Deal not foolishly; desist from your impious and injurious practices,...
Psalms 75:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician, Altaschith :” see introduction to Psalms 57 . “ A Pslam—a song of Asaph :” see introduction to Psalms 74 . “There are,” says Perowne, “no c...
Psalms 75:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Al-taschith: do not suffer me to perish. The style indicates that this was a psalm of David, when the courtiers of Saul had pronounced him guilty of high treason for aiming at the throne. He...
Psalms 75:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

For that Thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare. God’s nearness to the world I. He is near as the sustainer of a dissolving system ( Psalms 75:3 ). The force of disintegration operates eve...
Psalms 75:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is a hymn of praise in anticipation of a deliverance, which may be from Sennacherib, or from some other dangerous enemy. The actual praise is confined to the first and the last t...
Psalms 75:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Church Praises the Nearness of God's Judgment. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical part of public worship, Al-taschith, according to the melody "Destroy Not," a psalm or song of A...
Psalms 75:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 7:20 ; Daniel 7:21 ; Proverbs 1:22 ; Proverbs 8:5 ; Proverbs 9:6 ; Psalms 14:1 ; Psalms 82:2-8 ; Psalms 89:17 ; Psalms 9:1 ; Zechariah 1:21
Psalms 75:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I said — I charged them. Deal not — Desist from your practices. Lift not up — Do not carry yourselves scornfully and maliciously.

Psalms 75:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 75:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 75:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 75:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 75:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 75:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 75:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 75:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 75:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 75:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 75:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 75:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 75:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 75:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 75:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 75:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 75:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 75:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 75:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 75:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 75:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 75:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 75:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 75:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 75:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes