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Psalms 74:20 — King James Version← Study notes

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.


Psalms 74:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 74:208 words
HebrewMeaning
הַבֵּ֥טhabēṭ
pay attentionverbH5027
consider · look · regard · have respect ···
לַ/בְּרִ֑יתlabəriyt
to the covenantpronH1285
feder · covenant · league
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מָלְא֥וּmāləʾw
they are fullverbH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
מַחֲשַׁכֵּיmaḥăšakēy
the dark places ofnounH4285
place)
אֶ֝֗רֶץʾereṣ
the landnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
נְא֣וֹתnəʾwōt
settlements ofnounH4999
house · pasture · pleasant place
חָמָֽסḥāmās
violencenounH2555
damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 74 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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