Psalms 74:20
Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
21Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,
Cross References
Genesis 17:7'And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee;
Exodus 24:6And Moses taketh half of the blood, and putteth in basins, and half of the blood hath he sprinkled on the altar;
Deuteronomy 9:27be mindful of Thy servants, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, turn not unto the stiffness of this people, and unto its wickedness, and unto its sin;
2 Samuel 23:5For — not so [is] my house with God; For — a covenant age-during He made with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For — all my salvation, and all desire, For — He hath not caused [it] to spring up.
Psalms 89:28To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
Psalms 89:39Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted 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 →