Psalms 74:10
8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.
9 There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
11 Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
12 Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
- KJV
- O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
- WEB
- How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
- ASV
- How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
- DARBY
- How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?
- BLB
- Until when, O God, will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy revile Your name forever?
- ÅB
- Hvor lenge, Gud, skal motstanderen håne, fienden forakte ditt navn evindelig?
- OTB
- Hvor lenge, Gud, vil fienden håne deg?
Skal fienden behandle ditt navn med forakt for alltid? - B1930
- Hvor lenge, Gud, skal motstanderen håne, fienden forakte ditt navn evindelig?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 6:10
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
Read in contextPsalms 89:50–51
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
Read in contextPsalms 79:4–5
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
Read in contextPsalms 89:46
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
Read in contextDaniel 12:6
One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”
Read in contextPsalms 44:16
at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
Read in contextPsalms 13:1–2
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Read in contextPsalms 79:12
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
Read in context