Psalms 75:5
Do not lift up on high your horn, Nor speak of the Rock, with arrogance;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
In Context
4I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn;
6For neither from east nor west, Nor from the wilderness of the mountains [cometh exaltation];
Cross References
Exodus 32:9So then Yahweh said unto Moses,—I have looked on this people, and lo! a stiff-necked people, it is.
2 Chronicles 30:8Now, do not stiffen your neck, like your fathers,—stretch forth the hand unto Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary which he hath hallowed unto times age-abiding, and serve Yahweh your God, that he may turn from you the glow of his anger.
Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that—Obstinate, thou wast,—And, a sinew of iron, was thy neck, And thy brow, brazen,
Acts 7:51Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in hearts and in ears, ye, always, against the Holy Spirit, do strive! As your fathers, ye 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 →