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Psalms 74:20

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Consider the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Have respect to thy covenant, For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Have regard to thy covenant: for they that are the obscure of the earth have been filled with dwellings of iniquity.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Consider thy couenant: for the darke places of the earth are full of the habitations of the cruell.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Haue respect vnto the couenant: for the darke places of the earth are full of the habitations of crueltie.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Respect thy covenant, O LORD; for the habitations of the earth are full of ignorance and cruelty.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Look upon thy covenant: for the dark [places] of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Have respect 5027
{5027} Prime
נָבַט
nabat
{naw-bat'}
A primitive root; to scan, that is, look intently at; by implication to regard with pleasure, favor or care.
z8685
<8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 731
unto the covenant: 1285
{1285} Prime
בְּרִית
b@riyth
{ber-eeth'}
From H1262 (in the sense of cutting (like H1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh).
for x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
the dark y4285
[4285] Standard
מַחְשָׁךְ
machshak
{makh-shawk'}
From H2821; darkness; concretely a dark place.
places x4285
(4285) Complement
מַחְשָׁךְ
machshak
{makh-shawk'}
From H2821; darkness; concretely a dark place.
of the earth 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
are full 4390
{4390} Prime
מָלֵא
male'
{maw-lay'}
A primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
of the habitations 4999
{4999} Prime
נָאָה
na'ah
{naw-aw'}
From H4998; a home; figuratively a pasture.
of cruelty. 2555
{2555} Prime
חָמָס
chamac
{khaw-mawce'}
From H2554; violence; by implication wrong; by metonymy unjust gain.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 74:20

_ _ And the prevalence of injustice in heathen lands is a reason for invoking God’s regard to His promise (compare Numbers 14:21; Psalms 7:16; Psalms 18:48).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 74:18-23.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 74:20

The covenant — Made with Abraham, whereby thou didst give the land of Canaan to him, and to his seed for ever. Dark places — This dark and dismal land in which we live.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 74:20

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

(o) That is, all places where your word does not shine, there reigns tyranny and ambition.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Have:

Psalms 89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Psalms 89:34-36 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. ... His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Psalms 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
Psalms 105:8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations.
Psalms 106:45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Genesis 17:7-8 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. ... And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Exodus 24:6-8 And Moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. ... And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
Leviticus 26:40-45 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; ... But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I [am] the LORD.
Deuteronomy 9:27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
2 Samuel 23:5 Although my house [be] not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all [things], and sure: for [this is] all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he make [it] not to grow.
Jeremiah 33:20-26 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; ... Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be] rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
Luke 1:72-75 To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; ... In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Hebrews 8:10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

the dark:

Deuteronomy 12:31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Romans 1:29-31 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, ... Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
Ephesians 4:17-18 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, ... Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

habitations:

Psalms 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Genesis 49:5-7 Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations. ... Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was] fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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Gn 17:7; 49:5. Ex 24:6. Lv 26:40. Dt 9:27; 12:31. 2S 23:5. Ps 5:8; 89:28, 34, 39; 105:8; 106:45. Jr 33:20. Lk 1:72. Ro 1:29. Ep 4:17. He 8:10.

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