Psalms 74:12
Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
In Context
11Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them.
13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Cross References
Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Numbers 23:21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: The LORD his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.
1 Samuel 19:5for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
Psalms 44:4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
Isaiah 63:8For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their saviour.
Habakkuk 1:12Art not thou from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:2-12
Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5 A man was famous… Read the whole commentary →