Psalms 75:3
And his place has been formed with peace. And his dwelling place is in Zion.
Catholic Public Domain 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
2In Judea, God is known. In Israel, his name is great.
4In that place, he has broken the powers of the bows, the shield, the sword, and the battle.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the impious, and for the just to be treated like the impious. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment.”
1 Samuel 18:7And the women sang, as they played, saying, “Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand.”
1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the face of the Philistines, and they fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
Psalms 60:1Unto the end. With hymns, of David.
Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord will lay waste to the earth, and he will strip it, and he will afflict its surface, and he will scatter its inhabitants.
Isaiah 49:8Thus says the Lord: In a pleasing time, I have heeded you, and in the day of salvation, I have assisted you. And I have preserved you, and I have presented you as a covenant of the people, so that you would lift up the earth, and possess the scattered inheritances,
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 →