Psalms 75:3
The earth and all its inhabitants quake.I firmly hold its pillars.Selah.
New Heart English 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
2When I choose the appointed time,I will judge blamelessly.
4I said to the arrogant, "Do not boast!"I said to the wicked, "Do not lift up the horn.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
1 Samuel 18:7The women sang one to another as they played, and said,"Saul has slain his thousands,David his ten thousands."
1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
Psalms 60:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.God, you have rejected us.You have broken us down.You have been angry.Restore us, again.
Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.
Isaiah 49:8Thus says the Lord, "In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
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 →