“Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.”
The final petition that God would arise and plead the divine cause articulates urgent request for divine action. The reference to remembering how the fool reviles establishes the petition grounded in the affront to God. This verse closes with the fundamental petition: that God act to vindicate the divine name.
Church Fathers on Psalms 74:22
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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