I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Parallel translations
- KJV All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
- BSB “All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
- ESV All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
- NKJV “Allthe horns of the wicked I will also cut off, But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.”
- NASB And He will cut off all the horns of the wicked, But the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.
- NLT For God says, “I will break the strength of the wicked, but I will increase the power of the godly.”
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 92:10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
- Ps 89:17For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
- Jer 48:25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,” says Yahweh.
- Ps 148:14He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!
- Zech 1:20–21Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.
- Ps 101:8Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.
- 1 Sam 2:1Hannah prayed, and said: “My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
- Luke 1:69and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
How Psalms 75:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.