Bible Strands
Psalms 75:5
Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the proud and the wicked, issuing a direct command against arrogant self-exaltation at a moment when human ambition seeks to challenge divine authority.
The words — The Hebrew קַרְנְכֶם (karnechem) literally means "your horn," representing strength or pride, while עָתָק ('atak) denotes stiffness or arrogance.
The thread — The motif of the outstretched or stiff neck appears in 2 Chronicles 30:8, Isaiah 48:4, and Acts 7:51 to describe stubborn resistance to God.
Why it lands — The text demands that readers cease self-promotion and acknowledge that exaltation originates solely from God, not from human effort or geographic advantage.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 30:8 Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
- Isaiah 48:4 For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
- Acts 7:51 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Exodus 32:9 The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
- Deuteronomy 31:27 For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
- Ezekiel 2:4 They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’