Psalms 75:3
1 We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
2 “When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
4 I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
5 Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
- KJV
- The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
- WEB
- The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.
- ASV
- The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. Selah
- DARBY
- The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have established its pillars. Selah.
- BLB
- At the dissolving of the earth and all its dwellers, I measure out its pillars. Selah
- ÅB
- Jorden er i oppløsning, og alle de som bor på den; jeg har satt dens grunnstøtter etter mål. Sela.
- OTB
- Jorden og alle som bor på den skjelver;
Det er jeg som har fastsatt dens pilarer.
Sela - B1930
- Jorden er i opløsning, og alle de som bor på den; jeg har satt dens grunnstøtter efter mål. Sela.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
Read in contextIsaiah 24:19
The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
Read in contextHebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Read in contextIsaiah 49:8
This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
Read in contextIsaiah 24:1–12
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
Read in context1 Samuel 18:7
And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
Read in contextPsalms 78:60–72
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
Read in context1 Samuel 25:28
Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
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