Psalms 74:12
Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
In Context
11Why do thou draw back thy hand, even thy right hand? Remove [it] from the midst of thy bosom.
13Thou divided the sea by thy strength. Thou break the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2LORD is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Numbers 23:21He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
1 Samuel 19:5For he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and LORD wrought a great victory for all Israel. Thou saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will thou sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
Psalms 44:4Thou are my King, O God. Command deliverance for Jacob.
Isaiah 63:8For he said, Surely, they are my people, sons that will not deal falsely. So he was their Savior.
Habakkuk 1:12Are not thou from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, thou have ordained him for judgment, and thou, O Rock, have established him for correction.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:2-12
Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5 A man was famous… Read the whole commentary →