Psalms 74:22

22 Rouse yourself, God, and defend your cause! Remember that godless people laugh at you all day long.

Psalms 74:22 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 74:22

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause
The church's cause being the cause of God; and therefore she desires that he would arise and exert himself, and take vengeance on his and her enemies: this is an interesting argument, and a forcible one:

remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily;
this being so frequently repeated, as in ( Psalms 74:10 Psalms 74:18 ) , shows how much the name and glory of God lay near her heart; the Targum is,

``remember the reproach of thy people by a foolish king all the day;''

perhaps the man of sin is meant, the king of the locusts, and angel of the bottomless pit.

Psalms 74:22 In-Context

20 Remember the covenant you made with us. There is violence in every dark corner of the land.

21 Don't let the oppressed be put to shame; let those poor and needy people praise you.

22 Rouse yourself, God, and defend your cause! Remember that godless people laugh at you all day long.

23 Don't forget the angry shouts of your enemies, the continuous noise made by your foes.