“Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.”
The request that God have regard for the covenant articulates the appeal to God's covenantal obligation. The reference to dark places of the land being full of violence indicates the complete breakdown of order. This verse petitions for God to remember covenantal commitment in the face of pervasive violence.
Church Fathers on Psalms 74:20
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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