Psalms 75:5

You illuminate wondrously from the mountains of eternity.

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In The King James Version

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

In Context

4In that place, he has broken the powers of the bows, the shield, the sword, and the battle.

6All the foolish of heart have been disturbed. They have slept their sleep, and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:9And again, the Lord said to Moses: “I discern that this people is stiff-necked.

2 Chronicles 30:8Do not choose to harden your necks, as your fathers did. Surrender to the hands of the Lord. And go to his Sanctuary, which he has sanctified unto eternity. Serve the Lord, the God of your fathers, and the fury of his wrath will be turned away from you.

Isaiah 48:4For I knew that you are stubborn, and that your neck is like an iron sinew, and that your forehead is like brass.

Acts 7:51Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you ever resist the Holy Spirit. Just as your fathers did, so also do you do.

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 →

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