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Psalm 75:6

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.

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.
7But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
8For in the LORD’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
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East, west, and south are ruled out as sources of exaltation, challenging the confidence people place in earthly routes to honor.

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Psalm 3:3But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.Both passages, read in context, attribute lifting up to God; Psalm 3 speaks of him lifting the speaker’s head.
Numbers 22:37Balak said to Balaam, “Didn’t I earnestly send for you to summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?”Honor is the shared concern: Balak claims power to promote Balaam, while the psalm denies that exaltation comes from earthly directions.
2 Kings 9:6He arose, and went into the house. Then he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I have anointed you king over the …The psalm’s context names God as the one who lifts up; the anointing declaration attributes kingship to the LORD.
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Encouragement

The search for honor has a limit: no earthly source has the final word. In the next verse, God is the judge who puts down and lifts up.

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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).