Psalms 74:18

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, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun. 17You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter. Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name. 19Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever. 20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

Psalms 74:18 word by word

זְכָר־זֹ֗את א֭וֹיֵב חֵרֵ֣ף׀ יְהוָ֑ה וְעַ֥ם נָ֝בָ֗ל נִֽאֲצ֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• howזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• the enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• has mocked Youחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
• O LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• how a foolishנָבָלnâbâl · foolishH5036
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• has spurnedנָאַץnâ'ats · to spurnH5006
• Your nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034

Cross-references for Psalms 74:18

• Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
• Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
• Psalms 137:7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
• Isaiah 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
• Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
• Psalms 41:1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
• Psalms 39:8Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
• Psalms 94:2Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
• Deuteronomy 32:27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
• Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
• Ezekiel 20:14But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

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

Topics related to Psalms 74:18

• Blasphemy
• Fool
• Prayer
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

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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