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Psalm 75:6

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75:6For victory does not come from the east or west,

or from the wilderness.11

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  1. 11 Heb “for not from the east or from the west, and not from the wilderness of the mountains.” If one follows this reading the sentence is elliptical. One must supply “does help come,” or some comparable statement. However, it is possible to take הָרִים (harim) as a Hiphil infinitive from רוּם (rum), the same verb used in vv. 4–5 of “lifting up” a horn. In this case one may translate the form as “victory.” In this case the point is that victory does not come from alliances with other nations.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For not from the east or from the west

and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

No one from the east or the west

or from the desert can exalt themselves.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Exaltation does not come

from the east, the west, or the desert,

NLTNew Living Translation

For no one on earth—from east or west,

or even from the wilderness—

should raise a defiant fist.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For it is not from the east or the west

and not from the south that lifting up comes,

KJV 1900King James Version

For promotion cometh neither from the east,

Nor from the west, nor from the south.