Psalms 74:22
Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
In Context
21O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; let the poor and needy praise Thy name.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:16Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open Thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to taunt the living God.
Psalms 35:23Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 74:18Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the LORD, and how a base people have blasphemed Thy name.
Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of 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 the LORD, seeing that My people is taken away for nought? They that rule over them do howl, saith the LORD, 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 →