6 No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
6 For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
6 He's the One from east to west; from desert to mountains, he's the One.
6 For exaltation comes neither from the east Nor from the west nor from the south.
6 For no one on earth-from east or west, or even from the wilderness- should raise a defiant fist.
7 It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.
7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
7 but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.
7 God rules: he brings this one down to his knees, pulls that one up on her feet.
7 But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another.
7 It is God alone who judges; he decides who will rise and who will fall.
(Read Psalm 75:6-10)
No second causes will raise men to preferment without the First Cause. It comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. He mentions not the north; the same word that signifies the north, signifies the secret place; and from the secret of God's counsel it does come. From God alone all must receive their doom. There are mixtures of mercy and grace in the cup of affliction, when it is put into the hands of God's people; mixtures of the curse, when it is put into the hands of the wicked. God's people have their share in common calamities, but the dregs of the cup are for the wicked. The exaltation of the Son of David will be the subject of the saints' everlasting praises. Then let sinners submit to the King of righteousness, and let believers rejoice in and obey him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 75:6
Commentary on Psalm 75:6-10
(Read Psalm 75:6-10)
No second causes will raise men to preferment without the First Cause. It comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. He mentions not the north; the same word that signifies the north, signifies the secret place; and from the secret of God's counsel it does come. From God alone all must receive their doom. There are mixtures of mercy and grace in the cup of affliction, when it is put into the hands of God's people; mixtures of the curse, when it is put into the hands of the wicked. God's people have their share in common calamities, but the dregs of the cup are for the wicked. The exaltation of the Son of David will be the subject of the saints' everlasting praises. Then let sinners submit to the King of righteousness, and let believers rejoice in and obey him.