Psalms 74:18

What does Psalms 74:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 74:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Remember this--an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Not available in this translation

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.

Context

v.17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.

v.18This passage

v.19Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 89:50

    Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,

  • Psalms 137:7

    Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.

  • Psalms 94:2

    Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proudtheir desert.

  • Isaiah 62:6

    I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah’s remembrancers, take ye no rest,

  • Revelation 16:19

    And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

  • Deuteronomy 32:27

    Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.

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