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Interlude<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/75.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/75.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/75.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/75.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved; I set up its pillars firmly. Selah</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/75.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The earth and all who inhabit it are unsteady; It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/75.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The earth and all who dwell in it melt; It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/75.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The earth and all who dwell in it melt; It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/75.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The earth and all who dwell in it melt; It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/75.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The earth and all the inhabitants of it melt [in tumultuous times]. It is I who will steady its pillars. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/75.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the earth and all its inhabitants shake, I am the one who steadies its pillars. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/75.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the earth and all its inhabitants shake, I am the One who steadies its pillars. Selah <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/75.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. [Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/75.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The earth trembles, and its people shake; you alone keep its foundations firm. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/75.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/75.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When the earth and everyone who lives on it begin to melt, I will make its foundations as solid as rock. [Selah]<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/75.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Though every living creature tremble and the earth itself be shaken, I will keep its foundations firm. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/75.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />While the earth and all its inhabitants melt away, it is I who keep its pillars firm." Interlude<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/75.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/75.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, I make its pillars secure." (Selah) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/75.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/75.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The earth and all its inhabitants are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/75.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/75.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The earth and all its inhabitants are melted, "" I have pondered its pillars. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/75.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I -- I have pondered its pillars. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/75.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The earth and all dwelling in it being melted: I made even its pillars. Silence.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/75.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: I have established the pillars thereof. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/75.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 74:4>The earth has been dissolved, with all who dwell in it. I have confirmed its pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/75.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Though the earth and all its inhabitants quake, I make steady its pillars.” <i>Selah</i> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/75.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When the earth totters, with all its inhabitants, it is I who keep its pillars steady. Selah<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/75.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the earth and all the inhabitants thereof shall be humbled; thou hast ordained the people thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/75.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The Earth will be humbled and all its inhabitants; you have fashioned its inhabitants.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/75.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I Myself establish the pillars of it.' Selah <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/75.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. Pause.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/75-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9179" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/75.htm">We Give Thanks, for Your Name is Near</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’e·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">When the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇe·hā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">its dwellers</a> <a href="/hebrew/4127.htm" title="4127: nə·mō·ḡîm (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To melt. A primitive root; to melt, i.e. Literally, or figuratively.">quake,</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">it is I</a> <a href="/hebrew/8505.htm" title="8505: ṯik·kan·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to balance, i.e. Measure out; figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling.">who bear up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5982.htm" title="5982: ‘am·mū·ḏe·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A pillar, column. Or ammud; from amad; a column; also a stand, i.e. Platform.">its pillars.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5542.htm" title="5542: se·lāh (Interjection) -- To lift up, exalt. From calah; suspension, i.e. Pause.">Selah</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-19.htm">Isaiah 24:19-20</a></span><br />The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently. / The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-10.htm">Hebrews 1:10-12</a></span><br />And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. / They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. / You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/9-6.htm">Job 9:6</a></span><br />He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-12.htm">Revelation 6:12-14</a></span><br />And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, / and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind. / The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Isaiah 40:12</a></span><br />Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">2 Peter 3:10-13</a></span><br />But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. / Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness / as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Nahum 1:5</a></span><br />The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29-31</a></span><br />Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’ / At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. / And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-13.htm">Isaiah 13:13</a></span><br />Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/2-6.htm">Haggai 2:6-7</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. / I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-18.htm">Revelation 16:18-20</a></span><br />And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake. / The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. / Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/46-2.htm">Psalm 46:2-3</a></span><br />Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, / though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-25.htm">Luke 21:25-26</a></span><br />There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. / Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-10.htm">Isaiah 54:10</a></span><br />Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-23.htm">Jeremiah 4:23-26</a></span><br />I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light. / I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying. / I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.</p><p class="hdg">earth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/60-1.htm">Psalm 60:1-3</a></b></br> To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-60.htm">Psalm 78:60-72</a></b></br> So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent <i>which</i> he placed among men; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/31-1.htm">1 Samuel 31:1-7</a></b></br> Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa… </p><p class="hdg">I bear</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/18-7.htm">1 Samuel 18:7</a></b></br> And the women answered <i>one another</i> as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/25-28.htm">1 Samuel 25:28</a></b></br> I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee <i>all</i> thy days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/5-2.htm">2 Samuel 5:2</a></b></br> Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.</p><p class="hdg">pillars</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-8.htm">1 Samuel 2:8</a></b></br> He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, <i>and</i> lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set <i>them</i> among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth <i>are</i> the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/72-3.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/2_peter/3-12.htm">Dissolved</a> <a href="/psalms/74-2.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/psalms/74-20.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/48-8.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/psalms/74-17.htm">Established</a> <a href="/psalms/39-4.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/psalms/73-4.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Firmly</a> <a href="/psalms/74-11.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/psalms/72-9.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/psalms/58-7.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/psalms/58-7.htm">Melted</a> <a href="/job/38-6.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/psalms/73-16.htm">Pondered</a> <a href="/psalms/60-2.htm">Quake</a> <a href="/psalms/68-32.htm">Selah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-9.htm">Steady</a> <a href="/psalms/71-6.htm">Support</a> <a href="/psalms/74-6.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/psalms/60-2.htm">Totters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/89-50.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-31.htm">Dissolved</a> <a href="/psalms/78-55.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/76-9.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/psalms/76-2.htm">Established</a> <a href="/psalms/76-5.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/psalms/78-13.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/psalms/93-1.htm">Firmly</a> <a href="/psalms/77-4.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/psalms/83-7.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/psalms/97-5.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/psalms/97-5.htm">Melted</a> <a href="/psalms/144-12.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/psalms/77-5.htm">Pondered</a> <a href="/psalms/99-1.htm">Quake</a> <a href="/psalms/76-3.htm">Selah</a> <a href="/psalms/112-8.htm">Steady</a> <a href="/psalms/83-8.htm">Support</a> <a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-20.htm">Totters</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 75</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/75-1.htm">The prophet praises God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/75-2.htm">He promises to judge uprightly</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/75-4.htm">He rebukes the proud by consideration of God's providence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/75-9.htm">He praises God, and promises to execute justice.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, earthquakes often symbolize God's power and judgment (e.g., <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a>, <a href="/matthew/27-51.htm">Matthew 27:51</a>). The imagery of the earth quaking can also represent the upheaval of nations or the shaking of human confidence in worldly systems. Historically, the ancient Near East experienced frequent seismic activity, making this imagery relatable to the original audience. Theologically, it underscores the transient nature of human life and the need for divine intervention.<p><b>it is I who bear up its pillars</b><br>This statement emphasizes God's sovereignty and sustaining power over creation. The "pillars" symbolize the foundational structures of the earth, suggesting that God maintains order amidst chaos. This imagery is consistent with other scriptures that depict God as the sustainer of the universe (e.g., <a href="/job/9-6.htm">Job 9:6</a>, <a href="/colossians/1-17.htm">Colossians 1:17</a>). Theologically, it reassures believers of God's control and faithfulness, even when circumstances seem unstable. It also points to God's role as the ultimate judge and ruler, who upholds justice and righteousness.<p><b>Selah</b><br>The term "Selah" is often interpreted as a pause for reflection or a musical interlude, inviting the reader or listener to contemplate the preceding message. In the context of this verse, it serves as a moment to meditate on God's power and faithfulness in sustaining the world. It encourages believers to trust in God's unchanging nature and to find peace in His sovereignty, despite the uncertainties of life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, God is depicted as the one who sustains and stabilizes the earth amidst chaos.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/earth.htm">Earth</a></b><br>Represents the world and its inhabitants, who are experiencing turmoil and instability.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pillars.htm">Pillars</a></b><br>Symbolic of the foundational support that God provides to maintain order and stability in creation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_control.htm">God's Sovereignty and Control</a></b><br>In times of chaos and uncertainty, believers can find comfort in knowing that God is in control and upholds the world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stability_in_faith.htm">Stability in Faith</a></b><br>Just as God bears up the pillars of the earth, He provides stability in our lives when we place our trust in Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_god's_power.htm">Reflecting on God's Power</a></b><br>The use of "Selah" invites us to pause and reflect on God's mighty power and His role as the sustainer of all creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>Recognizing our dependence on God for stability encourages humility and a deeper reliance on His strength and wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/encouragement_in_trials.htm">Encouragement in Trials</a></b><br>This verse serves as a reminder that no matter how much the world shakes, God’s support is unwavering and reliable.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_75.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 75</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_75_3_align_with_astronomy.htm">Psalm 75:3 refers to God holding the earth’s “pillars,” which conflicts with modern astronomy; how does this align with a spherical planet suspended in space?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'consolation_of_israel'_mean.htm">What does 'The Pillars of the Earth' signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'the_pillars'_mean.htm">What does "The Pillars of the Earth" signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_god_and_science_on_quakes.htm">Job 9:6 mentions God shaking the earth, yet modern science explains earthquakes through tectonic activity—how do we reconcile these views? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/75.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">The earth . . .</span>--Better--<p>"Are earth and all its inhabitants dissolved?<p>It was I adjusted its pillars."<p>(See Hannah's song, <a href="/1_samuel/2-8.htm" title="He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world on them.">1Samuel 2:8</a>.) Though the crisis be such that all is confusion and anarchy (comp. <a href="/context/isaiah/24-19.htm" title="The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.">Isaiah 24:19-20</a> for the figure), there is no cause for fear; there is still a Ruler in heaven, He who built up the edifice which now seems to totter to its fall. The verb rendered in the Authorised Version "bear up," is used in <a href="/job/28-15.htm" title="It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.">Job 28:15</a>, <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm" title="Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?">Isaiah 40:12</a> in the sense of "weighing" or "measuring;" but with the same allusion to the creative work of God. Here it plainly means, so to adjust the pillars as to make them equal to the weight they have to bear. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/75.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved.</span> They "melt" with fear (<a href="/psalms/44-6.htm">Psalm 44:6</a>), either at God's coming in judgment, or at the dissolution which a hostile invasion is bringing on their land. <span class="cmt_word">I bear up the pillars of it</span>. Meanwhile God upholds, and will uphold, both the moral and physical order of things. He will neither suffer the earth to be moved, nor the supports on which society depends to fail and crumble away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/75-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its dwellers</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šə·ḇe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">quake,</span><br /><span class="heb">נְֽמֹגִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(nə·mō·ḡîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4127.htm">Strong's 4127: </a> </span><span class="str2">To melt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it is I</span><br /><span class="heb">אָנֹכִ֨י</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nō·ḵî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who bear up</span><br /><span class="heb">תִכַּ֖נְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(ṯik·kan·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8505.htm">Strong's 8505: </a> </span><span class="str2">To balance, measure out, arrange, equalize, levelling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its pillars.</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mū·ḏe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5982.htm">Strong's 5982: </a> </span><span class="str2">A column, a stand, platform</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Selah</span><br /><span class="heb">סֶּֽלָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(se·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5542.htm">Strong's 5542: </a> </span><span class="str2">Suspension, pause</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/75-3.htm">Psalm 75:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/75-3.htm">Psalm 75:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/75-3.htm">Psalm 75:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/75-3.htm">Psalm 75:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/75-3.htm">Psalm 75:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/75-3.htm">Psalm 75:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/75-3.htm">Psalm 75:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/75-3.htm">Psalm 75:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/75-3.htm">Psalm 75:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/75-3.htm">Psalm 75:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/75-3.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 75:3 The earth and all its inhabitants quake (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/75-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 75:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 75:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/75-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 75:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 75:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>