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While the earth and all its inhabitants melt away,
    it is I who keep its pillars firm.”
Interlude

I will say to the proud, “Don’t brag,”
    and to the wicked,
        “Don’t vaunt your strength.[a]
Don’t use your strength to fight heaven[b]
    or speak from stubborn arrogance.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75:4 Lit. Don’t lift up your horn
  2. Psalm 75:5 Lit. Don’t lift your horns to the height
  3. Psalm 75:5 Lit. speak with a stiff neck

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.