“Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.”
The plea that God would remember that the enemy has reviled articulates the petition that God take account of the insults. The reference to the fool spurning the name establishes that enemies are characterized as fools. This verse petitions for God's response to the affront.
Church Fathers on Psalms 74:18
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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