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Psalms 74:22
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Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
Psalms 74:22 in Other Translations
KJV
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Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
ESV
22
Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
NLT
22
Arise, O God, and defend your cause. Remember how these fools insult you all day long.
MSG
22
On your feet, O God - stand up for yourself! Do you hear what they're saying about you, all the vile obscenities?
CSB
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Arise, God, defend Your cause! Remember the insults that fools bring against 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.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Psalms 74:22 In-Context
20
Have regard for your covenant, because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21
Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
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Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.
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Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.
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