King James Version
Psalms 74:18 in the King James Version says “Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 74 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.”
Psalms 74:18 · KJV
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. made: Heb. made them
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Remember”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
“hath reproached”
H2778to pull off, i.e., (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e., defame;
“people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“have blasphemed”
H5006to scorn; or (in ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for h5132, to bloom
“thy name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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