Psalms 74:22

22 Arise, God, and defend your cause; remember how brutish men insult you all day.

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 Look to the covenant, for the land's dark places are full of the haunts of violence.
21 Don't let the oppressed retreat in confusion; let the poor and needy praise your name.
22 Arise, God, and defend your cause; remember how brutish men insult you all day.
23 Don't forget what your foes are saying, the ever-rising uproar of your adversaries.
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