Psalms 75 – Promotion Cometh Neither From the East
A reminder that God alone raises up and puts down.
This chapter of the Psalms overview answers the lament of Psalms 74 with confident thanksgiving, declaring that God alone decides who is put down and who is set up, since promotion comes from Him and not from any direction on earth.
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A Psalm by Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.
I said to the arrogant, "Do not boast!" I said to the wicked, "Do not lift up the horn.
Do not lift up your horn on high. Do not speak with a stiff neck."
For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.