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Psalm 74:18 KJV
Psalms · chapter 74 · verse 18
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.Psalm 74:18 · King James Version
Psalm 74:18 in context
16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- reproachedchâraphto pull offH2778 →
- blasphemednâʼatsto scornH5006 →
- Rememberzâkarproperly, to markH2142 →
- foolishnâbâlstupidH5036 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- enemyʼôyêbhatingH341 →
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The psalmist here, in the name of the church, most earnestly begs that God would appear fro them against their enemies, and put an end to their present troubles. To encourage his own faith, he interests God in this matter (Psa 74:22): Arise, O God! plead thy own cause.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-23