Psalm 75:3

Translations

Modern

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

Traditional

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

Literal

At the dissolving of the earth and all its dwellers, I measure out its pillars. Selah

Latin

Liquefacta est terra et omnes qui habitant in ea: ego confirmavi columnas ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah

Notes

Psalms 75:2–8

The Lord will bring justice in his own time.

Psalms 75:1–10

This hymn of thanksgiving includes two direct messages from God that assure us of his justice (Psalm 75:2–3, 10). The Lord warns arrogant people who defy him, promising to humble them by force (Psalm 75:4–8). Together, the community and the psalmist give thanks for God's character (Psalm 75:1, 9).

Psalms 73:1–75:10

The seeming success of the wicked (Psalm 73) and God's apparent rejection of his people (Psalm 74) raise questions about his justice. God rules the entire world and decides when to judge (Psalm 75).

Related verses

1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
Isaiah 24:19
The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Isaiah 49:8
This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
1 Samuel 31:1–7
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel 25:28
Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
Isaiah 24:1–12
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
2 Samuel 5:2
Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
Psalm 60:1–3
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
Psalm 78:60–72
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
1 Samuel 18:7
And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

Parallels

Romans 2:1–16

People

Selah: A musical or liturgical term of uncertain meaning

Glossary

Al-Taschith Asaph Earth Music Psalms, Book of

Topics

Pillars: Stability of the Earth The Earth: God: Supports

Psalm 75:3

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