Psalms 74:22
Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
In Context
21Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,
23Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!
Cross References
2 Kings 19:16Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes, and see; and hear Thou the words of Sennacherib with which he hath sent him to reproach the living God.
Psalms 35:23Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.
Psalms 74:18Remember this — an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.
Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name's sake.
Isaiah 52:5And now, what — to Me here, An affirmation of Jehovah, That taken is My people for nought? Its rulers cause howling, — an affirmation of Jehovah, And continually all the day My name is despised.
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 →