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

18See how these enemies insult you, Lord. A foolish nation has dishonored your name. 19Don’t let these wild beasts destroy your turtledoves. Don’t forget your suffering people forever. Remember your covenant promises, for the land is full of darkness and violence! 21Don’t let the downtrodden be humiliated again. Instead, let the poor and needy praise your name. 22Arise, O God, and defend your cause. Remember how these fools insult 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 love him and be kind to him forever; my covenant with him will never end.
• Psalms 105:8He always stands by his covenant— the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
• Psalms 106:45He remembered his covenant with them and relented because of his unfailing love.
• Genesis 17:7“I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
• Exodus 24:6Moses drained half the blood from these animals into basins. The other half he splattered against the altar.
• Leviticus 26:40“But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me.
• Deuteronomy 9:27Please overlook the stubbornness and the awful sin of these people, and remember instead your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• 2 Samuel 23:5“Is it not my family God has chosen? Yes, he has made an everlasting covenant with me. His agreement is arranged and guaranteed in every detail. He will ensure my safety and success.
• Jeremiah 33:20“This is what the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other,
• Luke 1:72He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant—
• Hebrews 8:10But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
• Deuteronomy 12:31You must not worship the Lord your God the way the other nations worship their gods, for they perform for their gods every detestable act that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods.
• Romans 1:29Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.
• Ephesians 4:17With the Lord’s authority I say this: Live no longer as the Gentiles do, for they are hopelessly confused.
• Psalms 5:8Lead me in the right path, O Lord, or my enemies will conquer me. Make your way plain for me to follow.
• Genesis 49:5“Simeon and Levi are two of a kind; their weapons are instruments of violence.

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
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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