Psalm 75

God speaks: He chooses the time for judgment, and He holds up the earth's pillars when everything shakes. Lifting yourself up doesn't work, because exaltation comes from God alone. It's a check on pride and on anxiety about promotion and status.

"For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert, but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another." (Psalm 75:6-7)