Psalms 74 · Verse 18

Psalms 74:18

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Psalms 74:18, King James Version

Psalms 74:18 in other translations

BSBRemember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
WEBRemember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
ASVRemember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.
YLTRemember this--an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.
DARBYRemember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.
BBEKeep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.
WebsterRemember this, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

What does Psalms 74:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. (Compare Psa 74:10; De 32:6). The contrast is striking--that such a God should be thus insulted!

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Remember this - The heathen not only deny these things, but give the honor of them to their false gods, and thus blaspheme thy name.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 74:18-23
The psalmist begs that God would appear for the church against their enemies. The folly of such as revile his gospel and his servants will be plain to all. Let us call upon our God to enlighten the dark nations of the earth; and to rescue his people, that the poor and needy may praise his name. Blessed Saviour, thou art the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Make thy people more than conquerors. Be thou, Lord, all in all to them in every situation and circumstances; for then thy poor and needy people will praise thy name.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 74:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

זְכָר\־ze.khor-rememberH2142
זֹ֗אתZotthisH2063
א֭וֹיֵב'o.yev[the] enemyH341
חֵרֵ֣ף\׀che.Refhe tauntedH2778
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
וְעַ֥םve.'Amand a peopleH5971
נָ֝בָ֗לna.ValfoolishH5036
נִֽאֲצ֥וּni.'a.Tzuthey spurnedH5006
שְׁמֶֽךָ\׃she.Me.khaname yourH8034

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 74:18

  • Psalms 39:8

    Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

  • Revelation 16:19

    And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

  • Deuteronomy 32:6

    Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

  • Psalms 74:22

    Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

  • Deuteronomy 32:27

    Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

  • Ezekiel 20:14

    But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

  • Psalms 137:7

    Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

  • Psalms 41:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

  • Psalms 89:50-51

    Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

  • Psalms 94:2-8

    Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage. …

  • Isaiah 62:6-7

    I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

  • Isaiah 37:23-24

    Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Remember.
22; 89:50,51; 137:7; Isa 62:6,7; *marg:
Re 16:19
the foolish.
41:1; 39:8; 94:2-8; De 32:27; Isa 37:23,24; Eze 20:14

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Context

  • Psalms 74:17

    Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

  • Psalms 74:18

    Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

  • Psalms 74:19

    O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

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Psalms 74:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Acuérdate de esto: que el enemigo ha dicho afrentas á Jehová, y que el pueblo insensato ha blasfemado tu nombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Souviens-toi de ceci, que l’ennemi a outragé l’ Éternel! et qu’un peuple insensé a méprisé ton nom.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gedenke dessen: der Feind hat Jehova gehöhnt, und ein törichtes Volk hat deinen Namen verachtet.