Psalms 75:3
[when] the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved. I have set up the pillars of it. Selah.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
In Context
2When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly;
4I said to the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly, and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay a righteous man with a wicked man, that so the righteous man should be as the wicked man. Far be it from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
1 Samuel 18:7And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
Psalms 60:1O God thou have cast us off. Thou have broken us down. Thou have been angry. O restore us again.
Isaiah 24:1Behold, LORD makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants of it.
Isaiah 49:8Thus says LORD, In an acceptable time I have heard thee, and in a day of salvation I have helped thee. And I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate he
Matthew Henry on Psalms 75:2-6
The Magistrate's Resolution. 1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. 2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. In these verses, I. The psalmist gives to God the praise of… Read the whole commentary →