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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Have respect to the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Remember your covenant promises, for the land is full of darkness and violence!

Context of Psalms 74:20

18Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name. 19Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of your poor forever. Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. 21Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name. 22Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!

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 89:28My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
• Psalms 105:8He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
• Psalms 106:45For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
• Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
• Exodus 24:6And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar.
• Leviticus 26:40"But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me,
• Deuteronomy 9:27Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness or their sin,
• 2 Samuel 23:5"For does not my house stand so with God? For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For will he not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?
• Jeremiah 33:20"Thus says the Lord: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,
• Luke 1:72to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,
• Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Deuteronomy 12:31You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way, for every abominable thing that the Lord hates they have done for their gods, for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
• Romans 1:29They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,
• Ephesians 4:17Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds.
• Psalms 5:8Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.
• Genesis 49:5"Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.

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