“Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.”
The warning not to lift horn to the heavens or speak with a stiff neck articulates the futility and foolishness of arrogance before God. The reference to stiff neck indicates stubbornness and refusal to acknowledge God's sovereignty. This verse warns against the stance of defiance toward God.
Church Fathers on Psalms 75:5
1. ...The Title of this Psalm thus speaks: “At the end, corrupt not.” What is, “corrupt not?” That which You have promised, perform. But when? “At the end.” To this then let the mind's eye be directed, “unto the end.” Let all the things which have occurred in the way be passed over, in order that we may attain to the end. Let proud men exult because of present felicity, let them swell with honours, glitter in gold, overflow with domestics, be encircled with the services of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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