Psalms 74:22

22 Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.

Psalms 74:22 in Other Translations

22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

22 Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!

22 Arise, O God, and defend your cause. Remember how these fools insult you all day long.

22 On your feet, O God - stand up for yourself! Do you hear what they're saying about you, all the vile obscenities?

22 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.

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.

22 Rise up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all day long.

23 Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries, the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 17:13
• 2. S Psalms 53:1