Psalms 74:20

the. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Thy".

covenant. Compare Genesis 15:18; Genesis 17:7; Genesis 17:8.

the earth: or the land.

Related Commentaries of 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....
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...
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

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;...
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 h...
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...
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 ) res...
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 cal...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Of the earth ] better, 'of the land,' the hiding-places to which the Israelites were pursued by their enemies: see 1Ma 1:53; 1Ma 2:27-38.
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...
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...
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

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 th...
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 bro...
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 ]...
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 furth...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Earnest Supplications; Pleading with God. 18 Remember this, that th...
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 furth...
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...
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...
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

Have respect unto the covenant. The covenant pleaded It is the covenant of grace, not of works, that we are to plead. I. What is meant by th...
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

Prayer for the Preservation of the Church. Maschil, a didactic poem, of Asaph, a prophetic psalm, foretelling some of the afflictions which would...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Have respect unto the covenant, regarding His promise to uphold the fellowship between Himself and His people; for the dark places of the earth, th...
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 ; Genes...
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 l...

²⁰ Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 74:20

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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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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