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God’s Righteous Judgment

Psalms 75:7

In 11 translations

BSB
but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
KJV
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
WEB
But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
ASV
But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
LSV
But God [is] judging, || This He makes low—and this He lifts up.
YLT
But God [is] judge, This He maketh low — and this He lifteth up.
DBY
For God is the judge; he putteth down one and exalteth another.Elohim
DRC74:8
For God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up:
GNV
But God is the iudge: he maketh lowe and he maketh hie.
JPS75:8
For God is judge; He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.
LXXE74:8
For God is the judge; he puts down one, and raises up another.

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Original-language editions

WLC75:8
כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֥ים שֹׁפֵ֑ט זֶ֥ה יַ֝שְׁפִּ֗יל וְזֶ֣ה יָרִֽים׃KJV:Ps.75.7
LXX-Br74:8
ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς κριτής ἐστι· τοῦτον ταπεινοῖ, καὶ τοῦτον ὑψοῖ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
  • Daniel 2:21–22He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light…
  • Psalms 147:6The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
  • Psalms 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.
  • 2 Samuel 6:21But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
  • Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
  • 1 Samuel 2:7–8The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. 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…
  • John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
  • Jeremiah 27:4–8Give them a message from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, to relay to their masters: By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I…
  • 1 Samuel 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from…
  • Psalms 58:11Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
  • 1 Samuel 15:28So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
  • Galatians 1:15But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased
  • 1 Samuel 15:23For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
  • 2 Samuel 3:17–18Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king. Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the…
  • Daniel 2:37You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

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  • 75:8 in some Bibles
  • 75:7 in most Bibles

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