←Psalm 75→BSB

In This Chapter 3 people 5 terms 2 resources

People

Jacob (Patriarch) 2 Israel Jeshurun (Israel)

Key Terms

To Acknowledge 6 Horn (Symbol) 6 Praise Fairness (Integrity) Fairness (Justice)

Resources

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God’s Righteous Judgment

(Romans 2:1–16)

For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song.

ⓘ This hymn of thanksgiving includes two direct messages...

This hymn of thanksgiving includes two direct messages from God that provide assurance of his justice (75:2–3, 10). The Lord rebukes arrogant people who defy him, promising to forcibly humble them (75:4–8). Together, the community and the psalmist respond with thanksgiving for God’s character (75:1, 9).
1We give thanks to You, O God;we give thanks, for Your Name is near.The people declare Your wondrous works.
ⓘ The Lord will bring justice in his own...

The Lord will bring justice in his own time.
2“When I choose a time,I will judge fairly.3When the earth and all its dwellers quake,it is I who bear up its pillars.Selah
ⓘ The wicked arrogantly defy the heavens—the dwelling place...

The wicked arrogantly defy the heavens—the dwelling place of God. Through their boasting they insist that they are wiser than God.
4I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.5Do not lift up your horn against heavenor speak with an outstretched neck.’”
6For exaltation comes neither from east nor west,nor out of the desert,
ⓘ The Lord alone is the Judge, with the...

The Lord alone is the Judge, with the power to exalt and humble (see 1 Sam 2:7; Luke 1:52).
7but it is God who judges;He brings down one and exalts another.8For a cup is in the hand of the LORD,full of foaming wine mixed with spices.He pours from His cup,and all the wicked of the earthdrink it down to the dregs.
9But I will proclaim Him† forever;I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
10“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”