Psalms 75:5
Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)
Young's Literal Translation
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 boastful, 'Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, 'Raise not up a horn.'
6For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness — [is] elevation.
Cross References
Exodus 32:9And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'I have seen this people, and lo, it [is] a stiff-necked people;
2 Chronicles 30:8'Now, harden not your neck like your fathers, give a hand to Jehovah, and come in to His sanctuary, that He hath sanctified to the age, and serve Jehovah your God, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from you;
Isaiah 48:4From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead brass,
Acts 7:51'Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers — also ye;
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 →