Psalms 74:20
Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And 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 to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Exodus 24:6And Moses took half the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Deuteronomy 9:27Remember thy servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin;
2 Samuel 23:5Although my house be not so before God, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For [this is] all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make [it] not to grow.
Psalms 89:28My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
Psalms 89:39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
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 →