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Psalms 75:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.


Psalms 75:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 75:58 words
HebrewMeaning
אָמַ֣רְתִּיʾāmarətiy
I sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לַֽ֭/הוֹלְלִיםlahwōləliym
to the boasterspronH1984
celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תָּהֹ֑לּוּtāhōlw
you boastverbH1984
celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···
וְ֝/לָ/רְשָׁעִ֗יםwəlārəšāʿiym
and to the wicked peopleconjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תָּרִ֥ימוּtāriymw
you lift upverbH7311
exalt · extol · give · go up ···
קָֽרֶןqāren
a hornnounH7161
hill
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 75 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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The beauty of holiness - Psalms 75
What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. The promise here is not conditio...
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