Psalms 74:12
10 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!
Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
- KJV
- For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
- WEB
- Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.
- ASV
- Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
- DARBY
- But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.
- BLB
- For God [is] my King from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
- ÅB
- Gud er dog min konge fra fordums tid, han som skaper frelse på den vide jord.
- OTB
- Likevel er Gud min konge fra lenge siden,
Som utfører frelsens gjerninger midt på jorden. - B1930
- Gud er dog min konge fra fordums tid, han som skaper frelse på den vide jord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 33:22
For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
Read in contextPsalms 44:4
You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
Read in contextExodus 19:5–6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
Read in contextExodus 15:2–15
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:8
For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
Read in contextNumbers 23:21–22
He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:12–14
You marched across the earth with fury; You threshed the nations in wrath.
Read in context1 Samuel 19:5
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
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