Psalms 75 (GNV)

Chapter Text

75:1 To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme or song committed toAsaph. We will prayse thee, O God, we will prayse thee, for thy Name is neere: therefore they will declare thy wonderous workes.

75:2 When I shall take a conuenient time, I will iudge righteously.

75:3 The earth and all the inhabitantes thereof are dissolued: but I will establish the pillars of it. Selah.

75:4 I saide vnto the foolish, Be not so foolish, and to the wicked, Lift not vp the horne.

75:5 Lift not vp your horne on high, neither speake with a stiffe necke.

75:6 For to come to preferment is neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from the South,

75:7 But God is the iudge: he maketh lowe and he maketh hie.

75:8 For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixt, and he powreth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drinke the dregges thereof.

75:9 But I will declare for euer, and sing prayses vnto the God of Iaakob.

75:10 All the hornes of the wicked also will I breake: but the hornes of the righteous shalbe exalted.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "excelleth", "destroy", "psalme", "song", "committed", "toasaph", "prayse", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "excelleth" and "destroy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "excelleth" and "destroy" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "excelleth" and "destroy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.