Psalms 74:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 74

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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

Psalms 74:20 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← Psalms 74:19 Psalms 74:21 →

Original word meaning

— of 7

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 17:7-8
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. …
Psalms 106:45
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Psalms 89:28
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Psalms 89:34-36
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Anger Blessing Cruelty Decision Enquiring of God Fool Hatred

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-23)

The psalmist here, in the name of the church, most earnestly begs that God would appear fro them against their enemies, and put an end to their present troubles. To encourage his own faith, he interests God in this matter (Ps. 74:22): Arise, O God! plead thy own cause. This we may be sure he will do, for he is jealous for his own honour; whatever is his own cause he will plead it with a strong han…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. 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).