Psalms 74
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Psalms 74:12-23

12For 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.12

14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.3

16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.4

18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Yhwh, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.5

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Notes

  1. 1. Psalms 74:13 divide: Heb. break. ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 74:13 dragons: or, whales. ↩
  3. 3. Psalms 74:15 mighty…: Heb. rivers of strength. ↩
  4. 4. Psalms 74:17 made: Heb. made them. ↩
  5. 5. Psalms 74:23 increaseth: Heb. ascendeth. ↩

Commentaries on Psalms 74

Revised Literal Translation — © 2018 Michael W. Jones, Sr. — GPL