1 [[To the chief Musician, H5329 Altaschith, H516 A Psalm H4210 or Song H7892 of Asaph.]] H623 Unto thee, O God, H430 do we give thanks, H3034 unto thee do we give thanks: H3034 for that thy name H8034 is near H7138 thy wondrous works H6381 declare. H5608
2 When I shall receive H3947 the congregation H4150 I will judge H8199 uprightly. H4339
3 The earth H776 and all the inhabitants H3427 thereof are dissolved: H4127 I bear up H8505 the pillars H5982 of it. Selah. H5542
4 I said H559 unto the fools, H1984 Deal not foolishly: H1984 and to the wicked, H7563 Lift not up H7311 the horn: H7161
5 Lift not up H7311 your horn H7161 on high: H4791 speak H1696 not with a stiff H6277 neck. H6677
6 For promotion H7311 H2022 cometh neither from the east, H4161 nor from the west, H4628 nor from the south. H4057
7 But God H430 is the judge: H8199 he putteth down H8213 one, and setteth up H7311 another.
8 For in the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 there is a cup, H3563 and the wine H3196 is red; H2560 it is full H4392 of mixture; H4538 and he poureth out H5064 of the same: H2088 but the dregs H8105 thereof, all the wicked H7563 of the earth H776 shall wring them out, H4680 and drink H8354 them.
9 But I will declare H5046 for ever; H5769 I will sing praises H2167 to the God H430 of Jacob. H3290
10 All the horns H7161 of the wicked H7563 also will I cut off; H1438 but the horns H7161 of the righteous H6662 shall be exalted. H7311
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Commentary on Psalms 75 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 75
Though this psalm is attributed to Asaph in the title, yet it does so exactly agree with David's circumstances, at his coming to the crown after the death of Saul, that most interpreters apply it to that juncture, and suppose that either Asaph penned it, in the person of David, as his poet-laureat (probably the substance of the psalm was some speech which David made to a convention of the states, at his accession to the government, and Asaph turned it into verse, and published it in a poem, for the better spreading of it among the people), or that David penned it, and delivered it to Asaph as precentor of the temple. In this psalm,
In singing this psalm we must give to God the glory of all the revolutions of states and kingdoms, believing that they are all according to his counsel and that he will make them all to work for the good of his church.
To the chief musician, Al-taschith. A psalm or song of Asaph.
Psa 75:1-5
In these verses,
Psa 75:6-10
In these verses we have two great doctrines laid down and two good inferences drawn from them, for the confirmation of what he had before said.