“But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.”
The affirmation that God is the judge who brings low and raises up articulates the ultimate determination of destinies. The reference to judgment indicates that outcomes are decided according to divine justice, not human effort. This verse establishes that God alone determines who rises and who falls.
Church Fathers on Psalms 75:7
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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