Psalms 74:12
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
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; he will save us.
Read in contextPsalms 44:4
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Read in contextExodus 19:5–6
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Read in contextExodus 15:2–15
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:8
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
Read in contextNumbers 23:21–22
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:12–14
Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
Read in context1 Samuel 19:5
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
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