# Psalm 75 📖: God Is the Judge [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Psalm Overview]] | [[Psalm 74]] | [[Psalm 76]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) #### For the music director, according to the _al-tashcheth_ style; a psalm of Asaph, a song. [[#Verse 01.]] We give thanks to you, O God. We give thanks. You reveal your presence; people tell about your amazing deeds. [[#Verse 02.]] God says, “At the appointed times, I judge fairly. [[#Verse 03.]] When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, I make its pillars secure.” (Selah) [[#Verse 04.]] I say to the proud, “Do not be proud,” and to the wicked, “Do not be so confident of victory. [[#Verse 05.]] Do not be so certain you have won. Do not speak with your head held so high. [[#Verse 06.]] For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness. [[#Verse 07.]] For God is the judge. He brings one down and exalts another. [[#Verse 08.]] For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.” [[#Verse 09.]] As for me, I will continually tell what you have done; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. [[#Verse 10.]] God says, “I will bring down all the power of the wicked; the godly will be victorious.” ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Psalm 75 is a psalm of Asaph, set to the tune "Do not destroy." 2. God Himself speaks in 75:2-5. 3. God says He keeps the pillars of the earth steady when it shakes (75:3). 4. The "horn" (75:4-5, 10) was a symbol of strength, drawn from horned animals like oxen. 5. Lifting the horn high meant acting proudly and arrogantly (75:5). 6. The lack of help "from the east or the west or the desert" (75:6) points to God as the only source of exaltation. 7. Hannah sang that the Lord brings low and lifts up (1 Samuel 2:7), much like 75:7. 8. Mary echoes this idea in her song, saying God has brought down rulers and lifted up the humble (Luke 1:52). 9. The cup of God's wrath (75:8) also appears in Isaiah 51:17 and Revelation 14:10. 10. *Selah* appears once (75:3). ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the One who drank the cup of God's wrath (75:8) in our place. In Gethsemane Jesus prayed about the cup He would drink (Matthew 26:39), and God will judge the world through Him (Acts 17:31). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The psalm begins with thanks because God's name is near (75:1). Where have you seen God's nearness recently? 2. God says He judges at the appointed time (75:2). How does trusting God's timing help when justice seems slow? 3. God brings one down and lifts another up (75:7). How does this truth guard you against pride? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 1: We give thanks to You, O God, for Your name is near. - 📖 verse 7: God is the judge who brings down one and lifts up another. - 📖 verse 8: The Lord holds a cup of foaming wine that the wicked must drink. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Matthew 26#Verse 39.|Matthew 26:39]] - Jesus prays about the cup. - 🔗 [[Luke 01#Verse 52.|Luke 1:52-53]] - God brings down rulers and lifts the humble. - 🔗 [[1 Samuel 02#Verse 07.|1 Samuel 2:7-8]] - The Lord brings low and lifts up. - 🔗 [[Revelation 14#Verse 10.|Revelation 14:10]] - The cup of God's wrath. - 🔗 [[James 04#Verse 10.|James 4:10]] - Humble yourselves before the Lord. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Psalm 75 - SOAP|God is Near]] ## 📂 Internal Notes