Psalms 74:20
Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
American Standard Version
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In Context
21Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Cross References
Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
Exodus 24:6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Deuteronomy 9:27Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,
2 Samuel 23:5Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, Although he maketh it not to grow.
Psalms 89:28My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Psalms 89:39Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] 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 →