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When the earth and everyone living upon it spin into chaos,
    I am the One who stabilizes and supports it.”[a]

[pause][b]

“I discipline the arrogant by telling them, ‘No more bragging.’
    I discipline the wicked by saying, ‘Do not raise your horn to demonstrate your power.[c]
Do not thrust your horn into the air, issuing a challenge,
    and never speak with insolence when you address Me.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 75:3 Literally, “steady its pillars”
  2. 75:3 Literally, selah, likely a musical direction from a Hebrew root meaning “to lift up”
  3. 75:4 The horn was a symbol of power, and a raised horn indicated a challenge.

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.