20 Consider thy covenant: for [a]the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of the cruel.

21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed, but let the poor and needy praise thy Name.

22 Arise, O God: maintain thy [b]own cause: remember thy daily reproach by the foolish man.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:20 That is, all places where thy word shineth not, there reigneth tyranny and ambition.
  2. Psalm 74:22 He showeth that God cannot suffer his Church to be oppressed, except he loose his own right.

20 Have regard for your covenant,(A)
    because haunts of violence fill the dark places(B) of the land.
21 Do not let the oppressed(C) retreat in disgrace;
    may the poor and needy(D) praise your name.
22 Rise up,(E) O God, and defend your cause;
    remember how fools(F) mock you all day long.

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