Psalms 75:4

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

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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....
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 j...
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....
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, h...
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 suf...
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...
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 wa...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fools] RV 'arrogant': cp. 1 Samuel 2:4 . 4, 5. 'Lifting up the horn' and having 'a stiff neck' are figures for self-exaltation and obstinacy.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Fools... foolishly. — Better, arrogant ... arrogantly. See Psalms 73:3 . (Comp. 1 Samuel 2:3 .)
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 con...
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...
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 reveale...
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...
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 no...
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...
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 practic...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Magistrate's Resolution. To the chief musician, Al-taschith. A psalm o...
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;...
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...
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 g...
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 ( Psalm...
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 act...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I said unto the fools, to the vain boasters, Deal not foolishly, in boasting so proudly; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn, this being an e...
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.

⁴ I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Related Commentaries of Psalms 75:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 75:4