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Verse Psalms 75:5. _SPEAK_ NOT WITH _A STIFF NECK._] Mr. _Bruce_ has
observed that the Abyssinian kings have a _horn_ on their _diadem_;
and that the keeping it erect, or in a projecting form, makes t...
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LIFT NOT UP YOUR HORN ON HIGH - In a proud, self-confident, arrogant
manner.
SPEAK NOT WITH A STIFF NECK - With arrogance and pride; in a haughty,
imperious manner. The word rendered “stiff” (literall...
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Psalms 75
The Divine Answer
_ 1. Christ the righteous judge (Psalms 75:1)_
2. His judgment (Psalms 75:6)
It is Christ as King who is pictured in this Psalm coming to answer
the pleas of His people...
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LXXV. THE INEVITABLE JUDGMENT. The Ps. opens with praise of God and
His wondrous works. After Psalms 75:1 it is God who speaks. God will
surely judge the world, though He waits for His appointed time....
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A warning to all presumptuous braggarts, based on the Divine
utterances of Psalms 75:2. It is disputed whether the speaker is still
God, as in Psalms 75:2, or the poet, but the latter alternative is
p...
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_speak_not _with a stiff neck_ Better, as R.V. marg., _Speak not
insolently with a_haughty _neck_. Cp. 1 Samuel 2:3; and for _neck_=
_haughty neck_, see Job 15:26. _Not_should not have been italicised...
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PSALMS 75
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Song, Enshrining an Oracular Assurance of Equitable Judgment by the
Judge of the Earth.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 75:1, Congregational Thanksgiving, Promising a
Rehea...
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I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift
not up the horn:
-In reliance on God's promise (Psalms 75:2), Israel warns the haughty
foe no more to lift up the neck in pride, f...
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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
ow...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
EARTHQUAKES, HORNS AND A CUP OF WINE!
(SEE THE NOTES)
PSALMS 75
Jesus woke up and he was angry with the wind. He said to the sea,
"Shut your mouth and stop makin...
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LIFT NOT UP YOUR HORN. — The “horn” is a symbol of _honour_
(Psalms 112:9); of _strength_ (Micah 4:13; Deuteronomy 33:17). The
figure is taken from horned animals. (See...
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_[Psalms 75:6]_ אַל ־תָּרִ֣ימוּ לַ †
מָּרֹ֣ום...
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Psalms 75:1
THIS psalm deals with the general thought of God's judgment in
history, especially on heathen nations. It has no clear marks of
connection with any particular instance of that judgment. Th...
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GOD PUTTETH DOWN AND LIFTETH UP
Psalms 75:1
This psalm dates probably from Sennacherib's invasion, and therefore
the _North_ is omitted in Psalms 75:6, that being the quarter from
which the enemy ca...
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If this, and the former psalm, were written by different men and at
different periods, then the spiritual sense of the editor is most
clearly revealed in their juxtaposition in this book. This is a
co...
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Lift not up your (e) horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck.
(e) The prophet warns the wicked that they would not set themselves
against God's people, seeing that God at his time destroys them w...
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Hills. Of Juda, which are styled eternal, on account of their
stability, Deuteronomy xxxiii. 15. Hebrew seems to be incorrect.
(Calmet) --- "Thou art a light magnificently from (Haydock) or more
than,...
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Jesus proclaims grace to the humble, and destruction to the proud.
Reader, our nature by the fall is truly ignorant: and next to the
absolute ruin of our nature by sin, the most awful effect of Adam's...
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In Psalms 75 Messiah is introduced speaking, though the psalm
commences with the remnant giving thanks to God for wondrous works
already wrought. Then judgments of God introduce Messiah to the
kingdom...
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LIFT NOT UP YOUR HORN ON HIGH,.... Or "against the most High" q; as
the little horn, or the beast with ten horns, antichrist, does, whose
look is more stout than his fellows, and opens his mouth in bl...
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_Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck._
Ver. 5. _Lift not up your horn on high_] Against the high God; so
Tremellius rendereth it.
_ Speak not with a stiff neck_] Some render...
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_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...
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THE CHURCH PRAISES THE NEARNESS OF GOD'S JUDGMENT.
To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical part of public
worship, Al-taschith, according to the melody "Destroy Not," a psalm
or song of Asap...
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lift not up your horn on high, in displaying the instruments of
violence, in brandishing them for the attack upon the righteous; SPEAK
NOT WITH A STIFF NECK, with insolence and presumption....
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1-5 We often pray for mercy, when in pursuit of it; and shall we only
once or twice give thanks, when we obtain it? God shows that he is
nigh to us in what we call upon him for. Public trusts are to...
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LIFT NOT UP YOUR HORN ON HIGH; a metaphor from untamed and
stiff-necked oxen, which will not bow their heads to receive the yoke,
but lift up their heads and horns to avoid it. Or, _against the High_,...
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Psalms 75:5 up H7311 (H8686) horn H7161 high H4791 speak H1696 (H8762)
stiff H6277 neck H6677
speak -
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CONTENTS: A rebuke for those who fail to reckon with God.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph.
CONCLUSION: A word from God soon abases the lofty, and hence failure
to reckon on God is madness. Even kings serve H...
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Title. _Al-taschith:_ do not suffer me to perish. The style indicates
that this was a psalm of David, when the courtiers of Saul had
pronounced him guilty of high treason for aiming at the throne. He...
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_Speak not with a stiff neck._
STIFF NECKS
The text is a figure of that pride, stubbornness, or wilful
disobedience which refuses to yield to rightful and loving authority.
I. Let me indicate the c...
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_For that Thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare._
GOD’S NEARNESS TO THE WORLD
I. He is near as the sustainer of a dissolving system (Psalms 75:3).
The force of disintegration operates every mom...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 75:1. This is a hymn of praise. It thanks
God for the wondrous deeds he has done for Israel. It celebrates the
fact that he is the judge of all the earth. He will, in his ow...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 75:2 JUDGE. God’s judgment will be WITH
EQUITY. This fairness preserves the stability of God’s creation
order (PILLARS)....
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician, Altaschith_:” see
introduction to Psalms 57. “_A Pslam—a song of Asaph_:” see
introduction to Psalms 74.
“There are,” says Perowne, “no clearly...
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EXPOSITION
This is a hymn of praise in anticipation of a deliverance, which may
be from Sennacherib, or from some other dangerous enemy. The actual
praise is confined to the first and the last two ver...
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Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for
that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. When I shall receive
the congregation I will judge uprightly (Psalms 75:1-2).
T...
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2 Chronicles 30:8; Acts 7:51; Deuteronomy 31:27; Exodus 32:9; Ezekie
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Lift not — A metaphor from untamed oxen, which will not bow their
heads to receive the yoke. Stiff neck — With pride and contempt....