Psalms 75:4
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.
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.
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
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
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
Read in contextProverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Read in contextProverbs 8:5
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Read in contextPsalms 82:2–8
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Read in contextPsalms 94:8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Read in contextPsalms 89:17
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
Read in contextPsalms 148:14
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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