Psalm 75:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 75:4-5

Psalms 75:4-5. I said With authority and command; unto the fools The wicked: I charged them; Deal not foolishly Desist from your impious and injurious practices, which shall not now go unpunished as they have done. Lift not up your horn, &c. Do not carry yourselves with pride and arrogance, boasting of your own strength; or with scorn and contempt toward me or any others of God’s people. It is a metaphor taken from untamed oxen, which will not bow their heads to receive the yoke,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 75:1-10

Psalms 75-76 Exalting God, not selfIn a psalm designed for use in public worship, the congregation begins by thanking God for all his mighty deeds (75:1). A singer representing God replies that even when conditions in the world look hopeless, God is still in control. He will intervene when he sees fit (2-3). Therefore, the wicked should not be proud or stubborn like an ox that struggles against its master (4-5). The only exaltation that matters is that which comes from God. The opinions of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 75:4

fools = arrogant. wicked. Hebrew. rasha'. horn. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for pride connected with the wearing of it. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 75:4

"I said unto the arrogant,Deal not arrogantly;And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:Lift not up your horn on high;Speak not with a stiff neck.For neither from the east, nor from the west,Nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up."Some interpreters ascribe the words of these verses to the psalmist, or to the "congregation," but we believe Delitzsch is correct. "The utterance of God is also continued after the Selah. It is not the people of God who turn to the enemies with words of warning; it... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 75:4

Psalms 75:4. I said unto the fools, &c.— I gave notice to wild impious fools, behave not impiously. These, to the ninth verse, are the author's words, in consequence of God's declaration; in which he gives fair notice to impious persons to beware of insolence, and not to attribute success to random causes, or forces coming from this or that quarter, but to God; who, in the proper time, will do justice to all the world, out of that cup which he held in his hand; and they might depend upon... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 75:4

4-8. Here the writer speaks in view of God's declaration, warning the wicked. Lift . . . up the horn—to exalt power, here, of the wicked himself—that is, to be arrogant or self-elated. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 75:1-10

Psalms 75This communal thanksgiving psalm anticipated a victory in Israel when God as Judge would destroy the wicked and establish the righteous (cf. 1 Samuel 2:1-10; Luke 1:46-53). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 75:4-6

These verses call the wicked to repent. The writer said they should stop boasting and acting proudly, as an animal does that defiantly wields its horn against a foe. The wicked refuse to bow before God, as an ox tossing its neck refuses the yoke. No help from any direction will deliver the ungodly when God judges them. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 75:4-8

2. God’s character as Judge 75:4-8 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 75:1-10

In contrast with the plaintive strains of Psalms 74 this is a Ps. of thanksgiving for some national deliverance (Psalms 75:1). It celebrates God as the Judge of all the earth, who interposes in His own time amid the confusions of men (Psalms 75:2-3). His enemies are warned against pride (Psalms 75:4-8) by the certainty that His cup of punishment is prepared for the wicked (Psalms 75:8). The Ps. ends with an ascription of praise (Psalms 75:9), and a declaration of God’s righteous purpose (Psalms... read more

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