Psalms 74:22

22 Rise up, O God, plead your cause; remember how the impious scoff 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 Have regard for your covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence.

21 Do not let the downtrodden be put to shame; let the poor and needy praise your name.

22 Rise up, O God, plead your cause; remember how the impious scoff at you all day long.

23 Do not forget the clamor of your foes, the uproar of your adversaries that goes up continually.