Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 74:12
12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Psalms 74:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For God is my King from of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Context of Psalms 74:12
10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? 11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. 13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. 14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
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וֵ֭אלֹהִים מַלְכִּ֣י מִקֶּ֑דֶם פֹּעֵ֥ל יְ֝שׁוּע֗וֹת בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 74:12
- Psalms 44:4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
- Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- Numbers 23:21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Yhwh his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
- Isaiah 33:22For Yhwh is our judge, Yhwh is our lawgiver, Yhwh is our king; he will save us.
- Exodus 15:2Yah is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Judges 4:23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 19:5For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, And Yhwh wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
- Isaiah 63:8For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
- Habakkuk 3:12Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
Commentaries on Psalms 74:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12For God is my King of old - We have always acknowledged thee as our sovereign; and thou hast reigned as a king in the midst of our land, dispensing salvation and deliverance from the center to every part of the circumference.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12For God is my King of old - That is, the king, or ruler of his people. The people had acknowledged him as their king and ruler, and he had showed himself to be such. This is given as a reason why he should now interpose in their behalf. It is an argument, proper always to be urged, drawn from the faithfulness and unchangeableness of God. Working salvation in the midst of the earth - Salvation for his people. The reference here particularly is to what he…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 The church silences her own complaints. What God had done for his people, as their King of old, encouraged them to depend on him. It was the Lord's doing, none besides could do it. This providence was food to faith and hope, to support and encourage in difficulties. The God of Israel is the God of nature. He that is faithful to his covenant about the day and the night, will never cast off those whom he has chosen. We have as much reason to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12my King from ancient times: The psalmist acknowledges God’s power and his historical bond with Israel (Psalms 5:2; 44:4; 84:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. For--literally, "And," in an adversative sense.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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