This verse is often misinterpreted as justification for believers to actively judge, condemn, or overthrow earthly leaders they dislike, or as a promise that God will automatically exalt the righteous without regard for His timing and purposes; it does not endorse political partisanship, personal revenge, or presuming to know God's will in exalting or humbling specific individuals, but rather calls for humble submission to His sovereign rule amid the psalm's warning against arrogance.
Psalms 75:7
King James Version (1769)
7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Psalms 75:7 affirms God's absolute sovereignty as the ultimate Judge over human affairs, declaring that He alone promotes one person or nation to power and demotes another according to His perfect wisdom and justice, countering any human boasting or reliance on earthly strength by emphasizing divine control over all positions of authority and influence.