Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
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Gill's Exposition
Forget not the voice of thine enemies,.... Their roaring in the midst of the sanctuary and the congregation, Psa 74:4, their reproaching and blaspheming voice, Psa 74:10,
the tumult of those that…
Barnes' Notes
Arise, O God - As if God were now insensible to the wrongs and sufferings of his people; as if he were inattentive and indisposed to come to their help. See the notes at Psa 3:7. Plead thine own cause…
The psalmist here, in the name of the church, most earnestly begs that God would appear fro them against their enemies, and put an end to their present troubles. To encourage his own faith, he…
A final appeal. Elsewhere the Psalmist prays -plead my cause" (Psa 43:1), but Israel's cause is God's cause: His honour is at stake.
the foolish man The fool, the members of -the foolish people," Psa…
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