Psalms 75:4

2 “When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.

3 When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

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.’”

6 For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.
KJV
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
WEB
I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.
ASV
I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
DARBY
I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
BLB
I said to those boasting, ‘You⁺ shall not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘You⁺ shall not lift up the horn;
ÅB
Jeg sier til de overmodige: Vær ikke overmodige, og til de ugudelige: Løft ikke horn!
OTB
Jeg sa til de skrytende: 'Avstå fra å skryte,'
Og til de ugudelige: 'Løft ikke ditt horn;
B1930
Jeg sier til de overmodige: Vær ikke overmodige, og til de ugudelige: Løft ikke horn!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 1:21

    “What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

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  • Proverbs 1:22

    “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

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  • Proverbs 8:5

    O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.

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  • Psalms 82:2–8

    “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

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  • Psalms 94:8

    Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

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  • Psalms 89:17

    For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

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  • Psalms 148:14

    He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!

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  • Proverbs 9:6

    Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

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