Psalms 75:6
For exaltation comes neither from east nor west,
What it says
Exaltation comes from neither east nor west nor the wilderness.
What it is doing
This verse denies every human source of ultimate advancement.
In context
1For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. 2“When I choose a time, 3When the earth and all its dwellers quake, 4I say to the proud, ‘Do not boast,’ 5Do not lift up your horn against heaven 6For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, 7but it is God who judges; 8For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, 9But I will proclaim Him forever; 10“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off,