FRAMEWORKS:
Psa 75
(The
objective of these ‘Frameworks' is to provide an easy-to-read
layout of the text in order then to use these individual verses
for meditation. To focus each verse we have also added a subheading
summary as a description of what is happening)
FRAMEWORKS:
Psa 75: God, the Judge
For
the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm
of Asaph. A song.
[Preliminary
Comments: A simple song from the office of the singers
that declares the Lord's greatness as the judge of the whole earth,
who blesses the righteous but brings down the wicked.]
v.1
God to be praised for His presence and His past with Israel
v.1
We
praise you, God,
we praise you, for your Name is near;
people tell of your wonderful deeds.
v.2,3
The Sovereign Lord fairly judges but also maintains His world
v.2
You
say, “I choose the appointed time;
it is I who judge with equity.
v.3
When
the earth and all its people quake,
it is I who hold its pillars firm.
v.4-6
The wicked arrogant are warned against their pride
v.4
To
the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,'
and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your
horns.
v.5
Do
not lift your horns against heaven;
do not speak so defiantly.'”
v.6
No
one from the east or the west
or from the desert can exalt themselves.
v.7,8
God is Sovereign Judge who deals with friend & foe alike,
brining down the latter
v.7
It
is God who judges:
He brings one down, he exalts another.
v.8
In
the hand of the Lord
is
a cup
full of foaming wine mixed with spices;
he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth
drink it down to its very dregs.
v.9,10
The writer will continue to testify to the Lord who separates
the good & the bad
v.9
As
for me, I will declare this forever;
I will sing praise to the God of Jacob,
v.10
who
says, “I will cut off the horns of all the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous will be
lifted up.”
[Additional
Comments: God is seen as the One who was there with
Israel as He had been in the past [v.1]. He is the sovereign judge
[v.2,3] who warns the arrogant to be careful [v.4-6], for He is
the God who judges the wicked but exalts the righteous [v.7-10].
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