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“I will choose the time;
    I will judge fairly.
Though the earth and all its inhabitants quake,
    I make steady its pillars.”(A)
Selah

II

So I say to the boastful: “Do not boast!”(B)
    to the wicked: “Do not raise your horns![a]

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Footnotes

  1. 75:5 Do not raise your horns!: the horn is the symbol of strength; to raise one’s horn is to exalt one’s own power as Ps 75:5 explains.

When the earth and all its people quake,(A)
    it is I who hold its pillars(B) firm.[a]
To the arrogant(C) I say, ‘Boast no more,’(D)
    and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.[b](E)
Do not lift your horns against heaven;
    do not speak so defiantly.(F)’”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
  2. Psalm 75:4 Horns here symbolize strength; also in verses 5 and 10.