Psalms 74:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? ”

Psalms 74:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach?... - How long shall this state of things be allowed to continue? Is there to be no end to it? Are these desolations never to be repaired - these ruin...
Psalms 74:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXIV. The date may be fixed with certainty and that within narrow limits. The Jews are suffering extreme distress, but apparently by no fault of their own, for there is no confession of sin. The p...
Psalms 74:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

how long... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. Compare Psalms 74:1 . Figure of speech Ellipsis , "how long [this shall last]".
Psalms 74:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. How long, O God! shall the adversary reproach? Here it is intimated that nothing inflicted upon them greater anguish than when they saw the name of God blasphemed by the ungodly. By this...
Psalms 74:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Psalms 74:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? O God, how long ... for ever - ( Psalms 13:2 ) shall the enemy blaspheme thy name? The prophet, i...
Psalms 74:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74, 79 seem to reflect the same historical situation, and are usually ascribed to the same author. Both were written in a time of national calamity, when the Temple was profaned ( Psalms 74 ),...
Psalms 74:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(10-15) ln the true prophetic spirit, as Moses brought the cries of distress “by reason of their bondage” from the oppressed Israelites to God ( Exodus 5:22 ), so this poet carries to the same God th...
Psalms 74:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:1-23 Two periods only correspond to the circumstances described in this psalm and its companion ( Psalms 79:1-13 )-namely, the Chaldean invasion and sack of Jerusalem, and the persecutio...
Psalms 74:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Sanctuary of God Profaned Psalms 74:1-11 This psalm probably dates from the time when the Chaldeans destroyed the Temple and the city of Jerusalem. Compare Psalms 74:8 with Jeremiah 3:13...
Psalms 74:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a great complaint, but it is a complaint of faith. Hardly a gleam of light is found throughout. The singer sits in the midst of national desolation and pours out his soul to God in passionate...
Psalms 74:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The pleading soul here takes up many strong and unanswerable arguments to plead with God. He first sets out with reminding Jehovah, that the anger God hath manifested is against his people. Now, sait...
Psalms 74:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach ?.... The name of God, as in the next clause, the divine Persons and perfections, the purposes and providence of God, his people, ways, worship, truths,...
Psalms 74:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? Ver. 10. O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? ] When they had none to tell them how long their m...
Psalms 74:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How long shall the adversary reproach Namely, thy name , (which is expressed in the next clause,) by saying that thou art either unkind to thy people, or unfaithful in thy covenant, or unable to d...
Psalms 74:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mournful Complaints. Maschil of Asaph. 1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke a...
Psalms 74:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Reproach; understand here thy name, which is expressed in the next clause of the verse, by saying that thou art either unkind to thy people, or unfaithful in thy covenant, or unable to deliver thin...
Psalms 74:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“A Maschil of Asaph,” i.e., an Instruction of Asaph, a Didactic Song by Asaph. See introduction to Psalms 1 . “But here we cannot have the least idea of the author...
Psalms 74:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph; that is, instruction, as Psalms 32 . The EDDA is the title of the Icelandic poem, which also signifies instruction. This mournful ode is also alleged to have been written...
Psalms 74:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever? why doth Thine anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture? The wail and prayer of a true patriot I. The wail ( Psalms 74:1-17 ). 1. Some communi...
Psalms 74:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION " THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest". The psalmist describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" ( Psalms 74:3 ). The temple is violated ( Psalms 74:3 ); its carve...
Psalms 74:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for the Preservation of the Church. Maschil, a didactic poem, of Asaph, a prophetic psalm, foretelling some of the afflictions which would befall the Church of God, in the Old Testament as...
Psalms 74:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 12:6 ; Psalms 13:1 ; Psalms 13:2 ; Psalms 79:4 ; Psalms 79:5 ; Psalms 89:46 ; Psalms 89:50 ; Psalms 89:51 ; Revelation 6:10

Psalms 74:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 74:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 74:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 74:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 74:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 74:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 74:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 74:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 74:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 74:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 74:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 74:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 74:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge