Psalms 74
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11. Why cease to help us? (Compare Psalms 3:7 , 7:6 , 60:5 ).
12. For--literally, "And," in an adversative sense.
13-15. Examples of the "salvation wrought" are cited.
divide the sea--that is, Red Sea.
brakest . . . waters--Pharaoh and his host (compare Isaiah 51:9 Isaiah 51:10 , Ezekiel 29:3 Ezekiel 29:4 ).
14. heads of leviathan--The word is a collective, and so used for many.
the people . . . wilderness--that is, wild beasts, as conies ( Proverbs 30:25 Proverbs 30:26 ), are called a people. Others take the passages literally, that the sea monsters thrown out on dry land were food for the wandering Arabs.
15. cleave the fountain--that is, the rocks of Horeb and Kadesh; for fountains.
driedst up--Jordan, and, perhaps, Arnon and Jabbok ( Numbers 21:14 ).
16, 17. The fixed orders of nature and bounds of earth are of God.
18. (Compare Psalms 74:10 , Deuteronomy 32:6 ). The contrast is striking--that such a God should be thus insulted!
19. multitude--literally, "beast," their flock or company of men ( Psalms 68:10 ).
turtledove--that is, the meek and lonely Church.
congregation--literally, "the company," as above--thus the Church is represented as the spoiled and defeated remnant of an army, exposed to violence.
20. And the prevalence of injustice in heathen lands is a reason for invoking God's regard to His promise (compare Numbers 14:21 , Psalms 7:16 , 18:48 ).
21. oppressed--broken ( Psalms 9:9 ).
return--from seeking God.
ashamed--( Psalms 35:4 ).
22, 23. (Compare Psalms 3:7 , 7:6 ). God hears the wicked to their own ruin ( Genesis 4:10 , 18:20 ).