Psalms 74:12

salvation. deliverances. Plural of majesty. great deliverance.

in the midst, &c. Compare Exodus 8:22. (Hebrew. Psalms 74:15).

Related Commentaries of Psalms 74:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For God is my King of old - That is, the king, or ruler of his people. The people had acknowledged him as their king and ruler, and he had showed...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For God [is] my King of old, working salvation (h) in the midst of the earth. (h) Meaning in the sight of all the world.
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 t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. For God is my King of old - We have always acknowledged thee as our soverei...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. For God is my king of old, working salvation in the midst of the eart...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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 t...
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 deso...
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 Go...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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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 peo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acknowledgments of Divine Power. 12 For God is my King of old, work...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My King, in a singular manner: it belongs therefore to thine office to protect and save me. In the midst of the earth; in the view of the world;...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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...
The Biblical Illustrator

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. The sovereignty of God I. Loyally acknowledged. “My King.” II. Of an...
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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For God is my King of old, in spite of the gloominess of the present outlook the poet clings to this trust, working salvation in the midst of the ea...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

King — It belongs therefore to thy office to protect and save me. Midst — In the view of the world.

¹² For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 74:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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