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Psalms 74:20

Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

19O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.

21O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the low man and the poor give praise to your name.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:7And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

Exodus 24:6And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins; draining out half of the blood over the altar.

Deuteronomy 9:27Keep in mind your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, not looking at the hard heart of this people, or their evil-doing and their sin:

2 Samuel 23:5For is not my house so with God? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in all things and certain: as for all my salvation and all my desire, will he not give it increase?

Psalms 89:28\89:27\And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

Psalms 89:39\89:38\But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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