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Psalms 74:18
18Remember this, O Lord, the enemy has scoffed, And a foolish and impious people has spurned Your name.
Psalms 74:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
- New International Version (NIV)Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord, how foolish people have reviled your name.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O Lord, And that a foolish people has blasphemed Your name.
Context of Psalms 74:18
16The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have established and prepared the [heavenly] light and the sun. 17You have defined and established all the borders of the earth [the divisions of land and sea and of the nations]; You have made summer and winter. Remember this, O Lord, the enemy has scoffed, And a foolish and impious people has spurned Your name. 19Oh, do not hand over the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever. 20Consider the covenant [You made with Abraham], For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
Read all of Psalms 74Psalms 74:18 word by word
זְכָר־זֹ֗את א֭וֹיֵב חֵרֵ֣ף׀ יְהוָ֑ה וְעַ֥ם נָ֝בָ֗ל נִֽאֲצ֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 74:18
- Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man scoffs at You all day long.
- Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants [scorned, insulted, and disgraced]; How I bear in my heart the reproach of all the many peoples,
- Psalms 137:7Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom, The day of [the fall of] Jerusalem, Who said “Down, down [with her] To her very foundation.”
- Isaiah 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed and stationed watchmen (prophets), Who will never keep silent day or night; You who profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves,
- Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And God kept in mind Babylon the great, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce and furious wrath.
- Psalms 41:1Blessed [by God’s grace and compassion] is he who considers the helpless; The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.
- Psalms 39:8Save me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the scorn and reproach of the [self-righteous, arrogant] fool.
- Psalms 94:2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; Give to the proud a fitting compensation.
- Deuteronomy 32:27Had I not feared the provocation of the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, “Our [own] hand has prevailed, And the Lord has not done all this.” ’
- Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- Ezekiel 20:14But I acted for My Name’s sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the [pagan] nations in whose sight I had brought them out [of slavery].
Commentaries on Psalms 74:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Remember this - The heathen not only deny these things, but give the honor of them to their false gods, and thus blaspheme thy name.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached - Has used opprobrious and abusive words in regard to thee, and to thy people. The idea is, that religion - the true religion - had been reproached by the foe. They had treated that religion as if it were false; they had reproached God as if he were a false God, and as if he were unable to defend his people. Compare Isaiah 36:4-10, Isaiah 36:13-20; Isaiah 37:10-13, Isaiah 37:23. The prayer here is, that God…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-23Verses 18-23 The psalmist begs that God would appear for the church against their enemies. The folly of such as revile his gospel and his servants will be plain to all. Let us call upon our God to enlighten the dark nations of the earth; and to rescue his people, that the poor and needy may praise his name. Blessed Saviour, thou art the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Make thy people more than conquerors. Be thou, Lord, all in all to them in every…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23The psalmist laments the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. This happened in 586 BC. The psalmist uses vivid imagery, asks questions, recalls fresh memories, and directly asks the Lord to act (Psalm 74:19–23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. (Compare Psa 74:10; De 32:6). The contrast is striking--that such a God should be thus insulted!Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 74
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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