Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents

75:6-8 It Is God Who Lifts Up and Puts Down. This section takes up the idea of lifting up from vv. 4-5, and makes it clear that ultimately it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another. The "lifting up" here is the display of authority; those whom God "puts down" are the boastful wicked (v. 4), and the time is his act of judgment (whenever that might be, and however it relates to the final judgment; cf. note on vv. 2-5). The congregation that sings this is taking the stance of faith; certainly there are many times when God's faithful people must simply await his timing and not give in to despair.