Psalms 74:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 74:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Have respect unto the covenant - The covenant which thou hast made with thy people, promising, on thy part, to protect them, and to be their God. Compare Deuteronomy 4:13 ; Deuteronomy 5:2 ; D...
Psalms 74:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Have respect unto the covenant: for (o) the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. (o) That is, all places where your word does not shine, there reigns tyranny and ambition...
Psalms 74:20 - 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 74:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Thy". covenant. Compare Genesis 15:18 ; Genesis 17:7 ; Genesis 17:8 . the earth: or the land.
Psalms 74:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. Have regard to thy covenant. That God may be the more inclined to show mercy, the prophet brings to his remembrance the Divine covenant; even as the refuge of the saints, when they have...
Psalms 74:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. Have respect unto the covenant - הבט לברית habbet labberith. Pay attention to the covenant sac...
Psalms 74:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the dark places, &c.— For the dark places of the land are full of lodgments of treachery; Mudge. i.e. "This land is now so far from being inhabited by thy people, that every dark corner o...
Psalms 74:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. -The prayer ( Psalms 74:1-2 ) resumed and expanded. Verse 18. Remember this - a...
Psalms 74:20 - 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 74:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Habitations. — The word thus rendered is so consistently used of the “quiet resting-places” of God’s people that it seems quite impossible that the psalmist should have used the expression, “restin...
Psalms 74:20 - 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 74:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Plead Thine Own Cause, O God” Psalms 74:12-23 Yet! Psalms 74:12 , r.v. There is always some compensating and consolatory thought. God is in the background of our thought. Not only the King,...
Psalms 74:20 - 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 74:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is the great charter of a poor sinner's plea. It is as if the soul said, Look, O Lord, unto Jesus! Behold, O God, our shield! See the Lamb in the midst of the throne! Oh! blessed argument! God h...
Psalms 74:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Have respect unto the covenant ,.... The Targum adds, "which thou hast made with our fathers;'' meaning not the covenant of works, which being broken, no good thing was to be expected from it, not...
Psalms 74:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. Ver. 20. Have respect unto the covenant ] This the Church knew to be her best plea; and, th...
Psalms 74:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Have respect unto the covenant Made with Abraham, whereby thou didst give the land of Canaan to him, and to his seed for ever; and thou didst further promise, that if thy people were carried away c...
Psalms 74:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Earnest Supplications; Pleading with God. 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O L ORD , and that the...
Psalms 74:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Have respect unto the covenant made with Abraham, whereby thou didst give the land of Canaan to him, and to his seed for ever; and thou didst further promise, that if thy people were carried captiv...
Psalms 74:20 - 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 74:20 - 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 74:20 - 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 74:20 - 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 74:20 - 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 74:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 23:5 ; Deuteronomy 12:31 ; Deuteronomy 9:27 ; Ephesians 4:17 ; Ephesians 4:18 ; Exodus 24:6-8 ; Genesis 17:7 ; Genesis 17:8 ; Genesis 49:5-7 ; Hebrews 8:10 ; Jeremiah 33:20-26 ;...
Psalms 74:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The covenant — Made with Abraham, whereby thou didst give the land of Canaan to him, and to his seed for ever. Dark places — This dark and dismal land in which we live.

Psalms 74:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 74:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 74:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 74:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 74:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 74:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 74:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 74:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 74:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 74:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 74:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 74:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 74:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 74:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 74:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 74:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes