Psalms 75:7
\75:6\For honour does not come from the east, or from the west, or uplifting from the south;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
In Context
6\75:5\Let not your horn be lifted up: let no more words of pride come from your outstretched necks.
8\75:7\But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:23For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.
1 Samuel 16:1And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.
2 Samuel 5:2In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.
Psalms 50:6And let the heavens make clear his righteousness; for God himself is the judge. (Selah.)
Psalms 113:7He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;
Jeremiah 27:4And give them orders to say to their masters, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Say to your masters,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 75:7-10
God's Government of the World. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. 8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;… Read the whole commentary →