Psalms 74:22
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause. Remember how the foolish man reproaches thee all the day.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
In Context
21O let not he who is oppressed return ashamed. Let a poor and needy man praise thy name.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:16Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear. Open thine eyes, O LORD, and see. And hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent for him to defy the living God.
Psalms 35:23Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice to me, to my cause, my God and my LORD.
Psalms 74:18Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that a foolish people has blasphemed thy name.
Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name. And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.
Isaiah 52:5Now therefore, what do I do here, says LORD, seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them howl, says LORD, and because of you (LXX/NT) my name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles (LXX/NT).
Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:19-23
Earnest Supplications; Pleading with God. 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord , and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause:… Read the whole commentary →