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Psalm 74

Psa. 74:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Remember
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
this, that the enemy
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
hath reproached
charaph. (Hebrew #2778)
to 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; denominative (from 2779) to spend the winter
KJV usage: betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.
Pronounce: khaw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and that theo foolish
nabal (Hebrew #5036)
stupid; wicked (especially impious)
KJV usage: fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.
Pronounce: naw-bawl'
Origin: from 5034
people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
have blasphemed
na'ats (Hebrew #5006)
to scorn; or (Ecclesiastes 12:5) by interchange for 5132, to bloom
KJV usage: abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, X great, provoke.
Pronounce: naw-ats'
Origin: a primitive root
thy name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
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Psa. 94:7‑8• 7And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it.
 8Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise? (Psa. 94:7‑8)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Remember.
Psa. 74:22• 22Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day; (Psa. 74:22)
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Psa. 89:50‑51• 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants--that I bear in my bosom that of all the mighty peoples--
 51Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. (Psa. 89:50‑51)
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Psa. 137:7• 7Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation! (Psa. 137:7)
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Isa. 62:6‑7• 6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, Jerusalem; all the day and all the night they shall never hold their peace: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, keep not silence,
 7and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. (Isa. 62:6‑7)
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Isa. 62•  (Isa. 62)
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Rev. 16:19• 19And the great city was divided into three parts; and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath. (Rev. 16:19)
the foolish.
Psa. 41:1• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. (Psa. 41:1)
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Psa. 39:8• 8Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish. (Psa. 39:8)
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Psa. 94:2‑8• 2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud.
 3How long shall the wicked, O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked triumph?
 4How long shall they utter and speak insolence--all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
 5They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;
 6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
 7And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it.
 8Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise? (Psa. 94:2‑8)
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Deut. 32:27• 27If I did not fear provocation from the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misunderstand it, Lest they should say, Our hand is high, and Jehovah has not done all this. (Deut. 32:27)
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Isa. 37:23‑24• 23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
 24By thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the recesses of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; and I will enter into its furthest height, into the forest of its fruitful field. (Isa. 37:23‑24)
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Ezek. 20:14• 14But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. (Ezek. 20:14)
• {v.18-19} the psalmist now boldly appeals to God to remember that His Name is being reproached; and that His people are defenseless―like a turtle dove―and poor, oppressed, and needy. (“Psalms 74” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "vile," "impious." see ver. 22 and Ps. 53.1.