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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• 7Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall 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• 22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. (Psa. 74:22)
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Psa. 89:50‑51• 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
 51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. (Psa. 89:50‑51)
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Psa. 137:7• 7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. (Psa. 137:7)
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Isa. 62:6‑7• 6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, 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 came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. (Rev. 16:19)
the foolish.
Psa. 41:1• 1<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. (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 a reward to the proud.
 3Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
 4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
 5They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.
 6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
 7Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall 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• 27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath 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 thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
 24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. (Isa. 37:23‑24)
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Ezek. 20:14• 14But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I 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.