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Psalm 75:7

But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

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.
9But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
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The words “puts down” and “lifts up” unsettle the idea that human standing is secure, because God holds the authority to judge.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am the LORD, who does all these things.Both passages attribute contrasting outcomes to God, naming his authority over circumstances people cannot command.
1 Samuel 2:7The LORD makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.Both passages describe the LORD bringing people low and lifting them up, with Samuel also naming poverty and riches.
Luke 1:52He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.Luke names princes and the lowly within the same reversal Psalm 75 describes: God puts down and lifts up.
Daniel 2:21–22He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.Daniel names kings as people God removes and establishes, sharing the psalm's claim that rising and falling rest under God's authority.
Lamentations 3:38Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?Both texts attribute contrasting outcomes to God, placing human circumstances under the authority of the Most High.
Psalm 113:7–8He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,Both psalms describe God lifting people up; Psalm 113 names the poor and needy as those he raises.
Psalm 147:6The LORD upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.Both psalms describe God's action toward people above and below, with Psalm 147 naming the humble and the wicked.
2 Samuel 6:21David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LORD, over …David attributes his appointment as prince to the LORD's choice, sharing Psalm 75's account of God determining human standing.
Psalm 50:6The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.Both psalms name God as judge, and Psalm 50 connects that judgment with his righteousness.
John 15:16You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of …The psalm speaks of God's judgment; Jesus speaks of his choice and appointment of disciples, a different expression of divine authority.
Jeremiah 27:4–8Give them a command to their masters, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says, “You shall tell your masters:The shared thread is God's authority; Jeremiah's opening introduces his command without yet describing anyone being raised or lowered.
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Encouragement

Your present standing does not tell you everything about God's judgment. This verse promises no promotion or timetable. The authority to put down and lift up belongs to God.

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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).