Psalms 75:5

75:4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

KJV

Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. south: Heb. desert

What does Psalms 75:5 mean?

Psalms 75:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רוּם (rûwm), קֶרֶן (qeren), מָרוֹם (mârôwm).

Hebrew interlinear

Lift

not

upרוּםrûwm/room/H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

your

hornקֶרֶןqeren/keh'-ren/H7161a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power

high:מָרוֹםmârôwm/maw-rome'/H4791altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)

speakדָבַרdâbar/daw-bar'/H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

not

with

stiffעָתָקʻâthâq/aw-thawk'/H6277impudent

neck.צַוָּארtsavvâʼr/tsav-vawr'/H6677the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)

Topics

Al-Taschith Pride Psalms Self-Will Self-Will and Stubbornness

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 75:5 say?

Psalms 75:5 (King James Version) reads: "Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck."

Is Psalms 75:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 75:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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As you read Psalms 75:5, what is one truth here you can carry into today?

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