Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 75:7
But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
7. the judge ] Cp. Isa 33:22.
setteth up ] Lifteth up. Cp. 1Sa 2:6-7; Psa 147:6.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
But God is the judge – All depends on him, not on the natural advantages of a country; not on human strength, human skill, or human prowess. Whatever may be the natural resources of a country; whatever may be the enterprise, the numbers, or the valor of its inhabitants; whatever alliances of peace or war they may form with other nations, yet success depends on God. He presides over all; he can give success when it is least expected; and he also can humble people when they have made the most ample preparations for success, and anticipate it in the most confident manner.
He putteth down one, and setteth up another – Literal y, This one he humbles, and this he exalts. This is true alike of an individual or a nation. The word rendered setteth up is the same which is used in Psa 75:4-6, rendered Lift up, and promotion. The idea is, that in the matter of lifting up, or promotion, all depends on God. He is a sovereign, and he confers exaltation, whether of an individual or a nation, as he pleases.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
The judge, to wit, the righteous Judge, and supreme Lord and Governor of all the kingdoms of the world, giving them to whomsoever he pleaseth. It is he who hath rejected Saul and his family, and put me in his stead. And who art thou that disputest with God, and resistest his declared will?
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
4-8. Here the writer speaks inview of God’s declaration, warning the wicked.
Lift . . . up the horntoexalt power, here, of the wicked himselfthat is, to be arrogant orself-elated.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
But God is the Judge,…. Or “because God is the Judge” u; and so this is another reason why fools should not deal foolishly, nor wicked men lift up the horn, and speak with a stiff neck, because there is a Judge to whom they are accountable for their words and actions; and this Judge is God omniscient, knows all persons and things, searches the heart and tries the reins, will bring every secret thing into judgment, bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the heart; omnipotent, able to do all things, raise the dead, call to judgment, bring all before him, pass the sentences, and execute them; omnipresent, there is no fleeing from him, nor escaping his righteous judgment; holy, just, and true, who will render to every man according to his works:
he putteth down one, and setteth up another; he humbles or brings one low, such as are proud, haughty, and arrogant; and he exalts another, such as are lowly and humble: this he does in providence, he removes kings, and sets up kings; puts down the mighty from their seats, and exalts them of low degree, Da 2:21, he has many ways to mortify the proud, by inflicting diseases on their bodies, by stripping them of their honour and wealth, and by bringing them into disgrace among men: and this he does in grace; such as are stout hearted and far from righteousness, and will not submit to the righteousness of Christ, he brings them to it; and those whom he makes humble by his grace, he raises to a high estate, to be kings and priests, and to sit among princes, and to inherit a throne of glory. This might be exemplified in Jews and Gentiles; he has stripped the one of their privileges, and put them down from their civil and church state, and raised up the other to be his church and people; and also in antichrist and the true church of Christ; he will ere long put down the one, that sits as a queen, and exalt the other, when she shall be as a bride adorned for her husband, having the glory of God upon her.
u “quoniam”, V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus; “siquidem”, Tigurine version; “quia”, Gejerus; so some in Michaelis.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
7. God is judge Comp. 1Sa 2:6-8
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 75:7 But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Ver. 7. But God is the judge ] He sitteth at the stern, and ordereth all human affairs according to the good pleasure of his will.
He putteth down one, and setteth up another
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
But = No.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Psa 75:7-9
Psa 75:7-9
“But God is the judge:
He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth;
It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same:
Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
But I will declare forever,
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.”
God’s being mentioned in the third person here indicates that these words are those of the psalmist.
“There is a cup … all the wicked shall drink” (Psa 75:8). The wrath of God is frequently represented in the Bible as a cup which wicked men will be compelled to drink; and even in the Book of Revelation God represented the judgment of the apostate church as a cup of the wine of the wrath of God (Rev 18:6). That this wine is presumably red indicates bloodshed. That it is “mixed” indicates its potency and the diversity of judgments that God may bring upon the wicked. The “cup” is also sometimes used as a symbol of extreme agony and suffering, as when Jesus prayed, “Let this cup pass from me.”
“In the hand of Jehovah” (Psa 75:8). “This is the only place in the psalm where this word for God is used. The other references here are all [~’Elohiym].
E.M. Zerr:
Psa 75:7. Instead of relying on the human resources, it should be considered that all things are in the hands of God to regulate as he sees fit.
Psa 75:8. Cup and wine are figurative references to the wrath of God against sin. However, the various portions of the contents are used to compare the different fates of the good and the evil persons. The good will be permitted to drink off the red (clear) wine at the top. The dregs or settlings at the bottom of the cup will be all that the wicked will get. The only way they can obtain any wine will be to wring or squeeze out the liquid in the dregs.
Psa 75:9. David regarded the dealings from God as just and for that reason he would sing praises to him forever.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
God: Psa 50:6, Psa 58:11
he putteth: Psa 113:7, Psa 113:8, 1Sa 2:7, 1Sa 2:8, 1Sa 15:23, 1Sa 15:28, 1Sa 16:1, 2Sa 3:17, 2Sa 3:18, 2Sa 5:2, 2Sa 6:21, Jer 27:4-8, Dan 2:22, Dan 2:37, Dan 5:18, Luk 1:52, Joh 15:16, Rom 11:15, Gal 1:15
Reciprocal: Jdg 5:13 – the Lord Jdg 11:27 – the Judge 2Ki 9:3 – I have anointed 1Ch 17:8 – made thee 1Ch 29:12 – riches Est 2:17 – so that he set Job 8:19 – out of the earth Job 36:22 – God Psa 43:1 – Judge Psa 78:71 – brought Isa 22:19 – General Isa 33:22 – the Lord is our judge Isa 45:7 – I make Peace Lam 3:38 – General Eze 17:24 – have brought Eze 21:26 – exalt Eze 31:9 – made Dan 4:17 – giveth Dan 4:25 – till Amo 1:7 – I will Act 7:35 – the same
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A PSALM OF THE DIVINE JUDGMENT
God is the Judge.
Psa 75:7
This psalm celebrates Gods judgment in history, especially on the heathen. It has been thought to refer to the overthrow of Sennacherib.
I. First, we have the national voice giving thanks for the judgment about to fall.His Name is near, He is not afar off. A present help is He.
II. The Almightys voice is heard proclaiming His intention to bear up the world though the pillars thereof are dissolved and bow to their fall.Oh! do not lose heart. At the supreme moment, when the solid framework of society and of the world seems on the point of dissolution, a strong hand is thrust out to grasp the tottering pillars, and stay their fall.
III. The Psalmists voice takes up the strain.The proud Assyrian had placed his throne in the northern hills, attributing his power to his sun-god. But no, his power originates in nothing short of God. Not the orient, nor meridian, nor occidental rays of the sun give him his power. All is due to God, Who uses him for a little while for the testing and chastisement of his people. And when the Divine purpose is fulfilled, He will cause him to drink of the cup of His wrath.
Let us learn to detect the movement of the Divine Providence in the turbulent course of human government, and believe that the end will be the cutting off of the boast of the wicked and the exaltation of the righteous.
Illustration
Here is an eternal truth with which we would not part: God must hate sin and be forever sins enemy. Because He is the Lord of love, therefore must He be a consuming fire to evil; God is against evil, but for us; if, then, we sin He must be against us; in sinning we identify ourselves with evil, therefore we must endure the consuming fire. In this soft age in which we live it is good to fall back on the first principles of everlasting truth. We have come to think that education may be maintained by mere laws of love instead of discipline, and that public punishment may be abolished. When you have once got rid of the idea of public punishment, then by degrees you will also get rid of the idea of sin; where is it written in the Word of God that the sword of His minister is to be borne in vain? In this world of groaning and of anguish, tell us where it is that the law which links suffering to sin has ceased to act?
Fuente: Church Pulpit Commentary
As Judge, God forces His enemies to drink from the cup that determines consequences. He forces them to drink all the wine of judgment that He has prepared for them (cf. Psa 60:3; Isa 51:17-23; Hab 2:16). They cannot escape doing so, or the consequences of doing so, at His appointed time. In some nations kings made convicted criminals drink poisoned wine.