Psalms 74:20

Have respect to thy covenant, For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

In Context

19Do not deliver up, to a wild beast, the life of thy turtle-dove, The living host of thine oppressed ones, do not forget perpetually.

21May the crushed one not again be confounded, As for the oppressed and the needy, let them praise thy Name.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:7And I will confirm my covenant betwixt me and thee and thy seed after thee to their generations for an age-abiding covenant,—to become to thee a God, and to thy seed after thee;

Exodus 24:6Then took Moses half of the blood, and put it in basins, and half of the blood, dashed he over the altar:

Deuteronomy 9:27Have remembrance of thy servants, of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob,—do not regard the obduracy of this people, or their lawlessness or their sin:

2 Samuel 23:5When, not so, was my house with GOD, Then, a covenant age-abiding, he appointed me, Ordered in all things and guarded, Now that it is all my salvation and all my desire, Will he not make it shoot forth?

Psalms 89:28Age-abidingly, will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And, my covenant, hath been made steadfast for him;

Psalms 89:39Thou hast cast down the covenant of thy Servant, Thou hast profaned, to the earth, his crown;

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 →

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