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Psalm 75:4

I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.

2When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.
3The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.
4I said to the arrogant, “Don’t boast!” I said to the wicked, “Don’t lift up the horn.
5Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck.”
6For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
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The raised horn, an image of strength displayed in defiance, makes boasting look less harmless in the presence of God who judges.

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Zechariah 1:21Then I asked, “What are these coming to do?” He said, “These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to …Both use lifted horns to depict defiant power; Zechariah names the nations that used their power to scatter Judah.
Psalm 5:5The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.Both reject arrogance before God: one commands the arrogant to stop boasting, and the other says they cannot stand in his sight.
Job 5:2For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.The shared thread is a warning about human attitudes, though Job names resentment and jealousy while the psalm names arrogance.
Proverbs 8:5You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!Both address their hearers with direct commands, though Proverbs urges understanding while the psalm forbids boasting.
Proverbs 1:22“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?Both confront people through direct speech, addressing arrogance in the psalm and mockery and hatred of knowledge in Proverbs.
Psalm 92:6A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:The link is limited: one rebukes arrogance, while the other describes a senseless person's lack of understanding.
Psalm 94:8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?Both speak a rebuke to their hearers, addressing the arrogant in one passage and the senseless in the other.
Psalm 82:2–8“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.Both challenge conduct connected with wickedness: boasting by the wicked in one, and unjust judgment favoring the wicked in the other.
Daniel 7:20–21and concerning the ten horns that were on its head and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes and a mouth that …Both connect horn imagery with arrogance, with Daniel describing a horn whose mouth speaks arrogantly.
Proverbs 9:6Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”Both command a break with condemned conduct, though Proverbs addresses simple ways and the psalm addresses boasting.
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Encouragement

God sets the time for judgment in the surrounding lines. The command against boasting rests on his authority, which no display of human strength can overrule.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).