Psalms 74:20

Psalms 74:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
• New International Version (NIV)Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Have respect to the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty.

Context of Psalms 74:20

18Remember this: the enemy has mocked the Lord, and a foolish people has insulted your name. 19Do not give to beasts the life of your dove; do not forget the lives of your poor people forever. Consider the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of violence. 21Do not let the oppressed turn away in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name. 22Rise up, God, champion your cause! Remember the insults that fools bring against you all day long.

Psalms 74:20 word by word

הַבֵּ֥ט לַבְּרִ֑ית כִּ֥י מָלְא֥וּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־אֶ֝֗רֶץ נְא֣וֹת חָמָֽס׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Have respectנָבַטnâbaţ · to lookH5027
• unto the covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• for the darkמַחְשָׁךְmachshâk · darknessH4285
• places of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• are fullמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• of the habitationsנָוָהnâ'âh · habitationH4999
• of crueltyחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555

Cross-references for Psalms 74:20

• Psalms 89:28I will always preserve my faithful love for him, and my covenant with him will endure.
• Psalms 105:8He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he ordained for a thousand generations —
• Psalms 106:45remembered his covenant with them, and relented according to the abundance of his faithful love.
• Genesis 17:7I will confirm my covenant that is between me and you and your future offspring throughout their generations. It is a permanent covenant to be your God and the God of your offspring after you.
• Exodus 24:6Moses took half the blood and set it in basins; the other half of the blood he splattered on the altar.
• Leviticus 26:40“But when they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors — their unfaithfulness that they practiced against me, and how they acted with hostility toward me,
• Deuteronomy 9:27Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Disregard this people’s stubbornness, and their wickedness and sin.
• 2 Samuel 23:5Is it not true my house is with God? For he has established a permanent covenant with me, ordered and secured in every detail. Will he not bring about my whole salvation and my every desire?
• Jeremiah 33:20“This is what the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night so that day and night cease to come at their regular time,
• Luke 1:72He has dealt mercifully with our ancestors and remembered his holy covenant —
• Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• Deuteronomy 12:31You must not do the same to the Lord your God, because they practice every detestable act, which the Lord hates, for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
• Romans 1:29They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
• Ephesians 4:17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts.
• Psalms 5:8Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of my adversaries; make your way straight before me.
• Genesis 49:5Simeon and Levi are brothers; their knives are vicious weapons.

Commentaries on Psalms 74:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Have respect unto the covenant - לברית הבט habbet labberith . Pay attention to the covenant sacrifice; to that offered by Abraham, Genesis 15:9, etc., when the contracting parties, God and Abram, passed through between the separated parts of the covenant sacrifice. An indisputable type of Jesus Christ; and of God and man meeting in his sacrificed humanity. The dark places of the earth - The caves, dens, woods, etc., of the land are full of robbers…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Have respect unto the covenant - The covenant which thou hast made with thy people, promising, on thy part, to protect them, and to be their God. Compare Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 5:2; Deuteronomy 26:18-19. The prayer here is, that God would remember, in the day of national calamity, the solemn promise implied in that covenant, and that he would interpose to save his people. Compare Genesis 9:15; Leviticus 26:42; Ezekiel 16:60; Luke 1:72. This may be…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. 19-23The poet urges God to act.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. And the prevalence of injustice in heathen lands is a reason for invoking God's regard to His promise (compare Nu 14:21; Psa 7:16; 18:48).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 74:20

• Fool
• Malice
• Prayer
• Zeal, Religious

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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