“ But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. ”
But God is the judge - All depends on him, not on the natural advantages of a country; not on human strength, human skill, or human prowess. Whatever may be the natural resources of a country; wh...
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...
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But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
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...
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 75:1-10 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...
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...
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...
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'...
A PSALM OF THE DIVINE JUDGMENT ‘God is the Judge.’ Psalms 75:7 This psalm celebrates God’s judgment in history, especially on the heathen. It has been thought to refer to the overthrow of Senn...
But God is the Judge ,.... Or "because God is the Judge" u; and so this is another reason why fools should not deal foolishly, nor wicked men lift up the horn, and speak with a stiff neck, because t...
But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. Ver. 7. But God is the judge ] He sitteth at the stern, and ordereth all human affairs according to the good pleasure of his wi...
For promotion cometh not , &c. Though you envy and oppose my advancement, because I was but a poor shepherd, and of a mean family; yet you ought to know and consider what is notorious and visibl...
God's Government of the World. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. ...
The judge, to wit, the righteous Judge, and supreme Lord and Governor of all the kingdoms of the world, giving them to whomsoever he pleaseth. It is he who hath rejected Saul and his family, and pu...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 15:23 ; 1 Samuel 15:28 ; 1 Samuel 16:1 ; 1 Samuel 2:7 ; 1 Samuel 2:8 ; 2 Samuel 3:17 ; 2 Samuel 3:18 ; 2 Samuel 5:2 ; 2 Samuel 6:21 ; Daniel 2:22 ; Daniel 2:37 ; Daniel 5:18 ; G...