Tree of Life Version
Psalms 74:22
22Rise up O God, and defend Your cause. Remember how the fool mocks You all day.
Psalms 74:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
- New International Version (NIV)Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily.
Context of Psalms 74:22
20Look upon the covenant— for haunts of violence fill the dark places of earth. 21Do not let the oppressed turn back in shame. But let the poor and needy praise Your Name. Rise up O God, and defend Your cause. Remember how the fool mocks You all day. 23Do not forget the noise of Your foes, the uproar of those rising up against You, ascending continually.
Read all of Psalms 74Psalms 74:22 word by word
קוּמָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים רִיבָ֣ה רִיבֶ֑ךָ זְכֹ֥ר חֶרְפָּתְךָ֥ מִנִּי־נָ֝בָ֗ל כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 74:22
- Psalms 9:19For the needy will not forever be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
- Psalms 79:9Help us, God of our salvation— for the sake of the glory of Your Name. Deliver us, and atone for our sins— for Your name’s sake.
- Psalms 74:18Remember how the enemy mocked, Adonai, and how foolish people despised Your Name.
- Psalms 75:4When the earth wavers with living on it, I Myself hold its pillars firm. Selah
- Psalms 89:50Where is Your former lovingkindness, my Lord, which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
- Isaiah 52:5“Now therefore, what do I have here?” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “My people are taken away for nothing? Its rulers wail” —it is Adonai’s declaration— “and My Name is continually blasphemed all day long.
Commentaries on Psalms 74:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Plead thine own cause - Thy honor is concerned, as well as our safety and salvation. The fool - the idolater, reproacheth thee daily - he boasts of the superiority of his idols, by whose power, he asserts, we are brought under their domination.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Arise, O God - As if God were now insensible to the wrongs and sufferings of his people; as if he were inattentive and indisposed to come to their help. See the notes at Psalm 3:7. Plead thine own cause - literally, “Contend thine own contention.” That is, Maintain a cause which is really thine own. Thine own honor is concerned; thine own law and authority are assailed; the war is really made on “thee.” This is always the true idea in the prayers which…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. 22-2322-23. (Compare Psa 3:7; 7:6). God hears the wicked to their own ruin (Ge 4:10; 18:20).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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