Psalms 74:22
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
In Context
21Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:16Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God.
Psalms 35:23Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice [due] unto me, [Even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 74:18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath 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 here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.
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 →