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Psalm 74:12 KJV
Psalms · chapter 74 · verse 12
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.Psalm 74:12 · King James Version
Psalm 74:12 in context
10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- salvationyᵉshûwʻâhsomething savedH3444 →
- workingpâʻalto do or make , especially to practiseH6466 →
- midstqerebproperly, the nearest partH7130 →
- Kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
- oldqedemthe front, of place or timeH6924 →
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The lamenting church fastens upon something here which she calls to mind, and therefore hath she hope (as Lam 3:21), with which she encourages herself and silences her own complaints. Two things quiet the minds of those that are here sorrowing for the solemn assembly: - I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-17