Psalms 75:6
For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness — [is] elevation.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
In Context
5Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)
7But God [is] judge, This He maketh low — and this He lifteth up.
Cross References
Psalms 3:3And Thou, O Jehovah, [art] a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.
Jeremiah 48:30I — I have known, an affirmation of Jehovah, His wrath, and [it is] not right, His devices — not right they have done.
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 →