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Psalms 75:5

Psalms 75:5
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Lift not up your horn on high,.... Or "against the most High" (q); as the little horn, or the beast with ten horns, antichrist, does, whose look is more stout than his fellows, and opens his mouth in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Lift not up your horn on high - In a proud, self-confident, arrogant manner. Speak not with a stiff neck - With arrogance and pride; in a haughty, imperious manner. The word rendered “stiff”…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 75:1-5

In these verses,

I. The psalmist gives to God the praise of his advancement to honour and power, and the other great things he had done for him and for his people Israel (Psa 75:1): Unto thee, O God!…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

speaknot with a stiff neck Better, as R.V. marg., Speak not insolently with ahaughty neck. Cp. 1Sa 2:3; and for neck= haughty neck, see Job 15:26. Notshould not have been italicised in A.V. A single…

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