Psalms 75:3
Though the earth and all the inhabitants shake in fear, 1 I make steady the earth's pillars. Selah 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
In Context
2At the appointed time I will judge fairly. 1
4I said to the arrogant, “Do not be arrogant,” 1 and to the wicked, “Do not lift up the horn. 1
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing, killing the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be treated the same as the wicked. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
1 Samuel 18:7The women sang one to another as they played. They sang: 1 “Saul has killed his thousands, 1 and David his ten thousands.”
1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down dead on Mount Gilboa.
Psalms 60:1God, you have cast us off; you have broken through our defenses; 1 you have been angry; restore us again. 1
Isaiah 24:1Look, Yahweh is about to empty the earth, to devastate it, mar its surface, and scatter its inhabitants. 1
Isaiah 49:8This is what Yahweh says, 1 “At a time I decide to show my favor I will answer you, and in a day of salvation I will help you; 1 I will protect you, and give you as a covenant for the people, 1 to rebuild the land, to reassign the desolate inheritance. 1
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 →