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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 they say, Jah will not see,{HR}Nor will the God of Jacob consider.
 8Consider, ye brutish among the people,{HR}And 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 thy cause;{HR}Remember thy reproach from the fool all the day. (Psa. 74:22)
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Psa. 89:50‑51• 50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants—{HR}I bear in my bosom all the mighty peoples—
 51[With] which thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah;{HR}[With] which they have reproached the footsteps (heels) of thine anointed one. (Psa. 89:50‑51)
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Psa. 137:7• 7Remember, Jehovah, to Edom's sons the day of Jerusalem,{HR}Who said, Rase, rase, down to its foundation. (Psa. 137:7)
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Isa. 62:6‑7• 6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace all day and all night: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, take ye no rest,
 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 became three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the indignation of his wrath. (Rev. 16:19)
the foolish.
Psa. 41:1• 1To the chief musician; a psalm of David.{HR}Blessed [is] he that payeth attention to the poor;{HR}In the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him. (Psa. 41:1)
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Psa. 39:8• 8From all my transgressions deliver me;{HR}Make me not the reproach of the fool. (Psa. 39:8)
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Psa. 94:2‑8• 2Lift up thyself, judge of the earth;{HR}Render desert to the proud.
 3Jehovah, how long shall the wicked,{HR}How long shall the wicked triumph?
 4They prate, they speak arrogantly;{HR}All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
 5They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah,{HR}And afflict thine heritage.
 6They slay the widow and the stranger,{HR}And murder the fatherless.
 7And they say, Jah will not see,{HR}Nor will the God of Jacob consider.
 8Consider, ye brutish among the people,{HR}And fools, when will ye be wise? (Psa. 94:2‑8)
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Deut. 32:27• 27{i}If I did not fear provocation from the enemy,{HR}Lest their adversaries should misunderstand it,{HR}Lest they should say, Our hand is high,{HR}And Jehovah has not done all this.{HR}{/i} (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 hast thou 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, its choice cypresses: and I will enter into the height of its border, 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 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Remember this: an enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah,{HR}And a foolish people have despised thy name.