Psalms 74:22
Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
In Context
23Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of those who come against you goes up every day.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:16Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.
Psalms 35:23Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 74:18Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.
Psalms 79:9Give us help, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; take us out of danger and give us forgiveness for our sins, because of your name.
Isaiah 52:5Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name.
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 →