Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 75:6

6. For promotion cometh, neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south .

For though you Envy and oppose my Advancement, because I was but a poor Shepherd, and of a mean Family, yet you ought to know and consider; what is notorious and visible in the World, that the Dignities and Scepters of the World, are not always disposed according to humane Expectations, and Probabilities; but by God's Soveraign Will and Providence, as it follows. It is true, m[illegible: 1+ letters]n that expect Preferment, have their Eyes fixed upon the great Persons of the World, who are thought to have the Disposition of them in their Hands, and according to their several Inclinations or Interests; some look East-ward, others West-ward, and others South-ward, expecting assistance from some of these Quarters; but all in Vain.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 word].