Psalm 75 — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 75:9
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Psalm 75
God judges and raises the lowly
Verse 75:1 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[75:1] For the director. Do not destroy.
A psalm of Asaph. A song.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[74:1] For the end. Do not destroy.
A psalm of Asaph, of song.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The shared prohibition is retained as a heading; director and end preserve their own source wording.
Verse 75:2 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[75:2] We have thanked You, God, we have thanked;
Your name is near;
they have recounted Your wonders.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[74:2] We will acknowledge You, God;
we will acknowledge and call upon Your name.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: The Hebrew recounting clause appears in Greek’s next unit. Hebrew nearness of the name differs from Greek invoking it, and the thanksgiving’s tense differs.
Verse 75:3 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[75:3] When I take a festival time,
I will judge uprightly.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[74:3] I will recount all Your wonders when I take an appointed time;
I will judge uprightness.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek begins with the recounting clause corresponding to Hebrew 2, changes they to I and adds all. Hebrew festival time follows Rashi’s reading of mo‘ed; he interprets the speaker as Israel praising appropriately on a festival, rather than forcing a divine quotation here. RASHI-PS75, on 3.
Verse 75:4 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[75:4] The earth and all its inhabitants are melting;
I have set its pillars in order.
Selah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[74:4] The earth and all who inhabit it melted;
I established its pillars.
Diapsalma.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The earth’s instability and its established pillars agree with a tense difference. Rashi relates the first-person claim to Israel accepting Torah; that later explanation is not inserted into the main wording. RASHI-PS75, on 4.
Verse 75:5 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[75:5] I said to the perverse, “Do not act perversely,”
and to the wicked, “Do not raise a horn;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[74:5] I said to those acting lawlessly, “Do not act lawlessly,”
and to those sinning, “Do not raise a horn;
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The corresponding warnings retain the horn as an image of power or self-exaltation; Hebrew perverse follows Rashi’s explanation. RASHI-PS75, on 5.
Verse 75:6 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[75:6] do not raise your horn on high;
do not speak with an arrogant neck.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[74:6] do not lift your horn on high;
do not speak injustice against God.”
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew describes the insolent speaker’s neck; Greek explicitly identifies God as the target of injustice. Hebrew’s second prohibition carries forward the preceding negative.
Verse 75:7 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[75:7] For elevation comes neither from the east nor from the west,
nor from the wilderness;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[74:7] For neither from the goings-out nor from the settings,
nor from desert mountains,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew harim is construed as raising, following Rashi; Greek has mountains. “Elevation comes” supplies the Hebrew ellipsis from that reading. Greek goings-out and settings preserve the directional imagery without importing the Hebrew predicate. RASHI-PS75, on 7.
Verse 75:8 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[75:8] for God is judge:
He lowers this one and raises that one.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[74:8] for God is judge:
He humbles this one and raises that one.
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: The source of humiliation and exaltation agrees.
Verse 75:9 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[75:9] For a cup is in YHWH’s hand,
and strong wine, full of mixture;
He pours from this,
and all the earth’s wicked will drain and drink its dregs.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[74:9] For in the Lord’s hand is a cup
of unmixed wine, full of mixture;
and He tilted from this into that,
but its dregs were not emptied out;
all the earth’s sinners will drink.
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Hebrew explicitly has the wicked drain the dregs; Greek says the dregs were not emptied and leaves the drinking object unstated. Greek unmixed wine/full of mixture is preserved without silently resolving its tension; Hebrew strong follows Rashi’s explanation. RASHI-PS75, on 9.
Verse 75:10 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[75:10] But I will proclaim forever;
I will sing to the God of Jacob.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[74:10] But I will exult forever;
I will sing to the God of Jacob.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Hebrew proclaiming differs from Greek rejoicing; the continuing song agrees.
Verse 75:11 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[75:11] And I will cut off all the wicked’s horns;
the righteous person’s horns will be raised.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[74:11] And I will break together all sinners’ horns;
and the righteous person’s horns will be raised.
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Both contrast the breaking of wicked power with righteous exaltation. No later ethnic identification is inserted into either source.