“O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?”
The question about how long the enemy will revile and the adversary will spurn the name articulates the urgency of the petition: how much longer must the profanation continue? The reference to reviling the name indicates that the enemies are insulting God's character. This verse transforms lament into petition for intervention.
Church Fathers on Psalms 74:10
1. This Psalm's Title is, “Of the Understanding of Asaph.” Asaph in Latin is translated congregation, in Greek Synagogue. Let us see what this Synagogue has understood. But let us understand firstly Synagogue: from thence we shall understand what the Synagogue has understood. Every congregation is spoken of under the general name of Synagogue: one both of beasts and of men may be called a congregation; but here there is no congregation of beasts when we heard…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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