Psaume 74:22

22 Lève-toi, ô Dieu! défends ta cause! Souviens-toi des outrages que te fait chaque jour l'insensé!

Psaume 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.

Psaume 74:22 In-Context

20 Aie égard à l'alliance! Car les lieux sombres du pays sont pleins de repaires de brigands.
21 Que l'opprimé ne retourne pas confus! Que le malheureux et le pauvre célèbrent ton nom!
22 Lève-toi, ô Dieu! défends ta cause! Souviens-toi des outrages que te fait chaque jour l'insensé!
23 N'oublie pas les clameurs de tes adversaires, Le tumulte sans cesse croissant de ceux qui s'élèvent contre toi!
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.