King James Version
Psalms 74:22 in the King James Version says “Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 74 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.”
Psalms 74:22 · KJV
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. increaseth: Heb. ascendeth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“O God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“plead”
H7378properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
“remember”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“thee daily”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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