Psalm 75:7 {74:8}
Good News Translation
it is God who is the judge, condemning some and acquitting others.

New Revised Standard Version
but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

Contemporary English Version
You are the one who judges. You can take away power and give it to others.

New American Bible
But from God who decides, who brings some low and raises others high.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up:

God

Psalm 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.

Psalm 58:11 And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth.

he putteth

Psalm 113:7,8 Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill: . . .

1 Samuel 2:7,8 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth: . . .

1 Samuel 15:23,28 Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Forasmuch, therefore, as thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected thee from being king. . . .

1 Samuel 16:1 And the Lord said to Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai, the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

2 Samuel 3:17,18 Abner also spoke to the ancients of Israel, saying: Both yesterday and the day before you sought for David that he might reign over you. . . .

2 Samuel 5:2 Moreover yesterday also and the day before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that did lead out and bring in Israel: and the Lord said to thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.

2 Samuel 6:21 And David said to Michol: Before the Lord, who chose me rather than thy father, and than all his house, and commanded me to be ruler over the people of the Lord in Israel,

Jeremiah 27:4-8 And thou shalt command them to speak to their masters: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to your masters: . . .

Daniel 2:22,37 He revealeth deep and hidden things, and knoweth what is in darkness: and light is with him. . . .

Daniel 5:18 O king, the most high God gave to Nabuchodonosor, thy father, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour.

Luke 1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the humble.

John 15:16 You have not chosen me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

Romans 11:15 For if the loss of them be the reconciliation of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?

Songs 1:15 Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely. Our bed is flourishing.

Context
We Give Thanks, for Your Name is Near
6For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert hills: 7For God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up:8For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of strong wine full of mixture. And he hath poured it out from this to that: but the dregs thereof are not emptied: all the sinners of the earth shall drink.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7
The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth:

1 Samuel 2:8
He raiseth up the needy from the dust, and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill: that he may sit with princes, and hold the throne of glory. For the poles of the earth are the Lord's, and upon them he hath set the world.

Psalm 50:6
And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.

Psalm 58:11
And man shall say: If indeed there be fruit to the just: there is indeed a God that judgeth them on the earth.

Psalm 147:6
The Lord lifteth up the meek, and bringeth the wicked down even to the ground.

Ezekiel 21:26
Thus saith the Lord God: Remove the diadem, take off the crown: is it not this that hath exalted the low one, and brought down him that was high?

Daniel 2:21
And he changeth times and ages: taketh away kingdoms, and establisheth them: giveth wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding:

Psalm 75:6
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