Psalms 75:5
I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly: and to the sinners: Lift not up the horn.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
In Context
4The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: I have established the pillars thereof.
6Lift not up your horn on high: speak not iniquity against God.
Cross References
Exodus 32:9And again the Lord said to Moses: See that this people is stiffnecked:
2 Chronicles 30:8Harden not your necks, as your fathers did: yield yourselves to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: serve the Lord the God of your fathers, and the wrath of his indignation shall be turned away from you.
Isaiah 48:4For I knew that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is as an iron sinew, and thy forehead as brass.
Acts 7:51You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you also.
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 →