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Psalm 74:22
Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
20Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
21Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.
22Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
23Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
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Mockery continues “all day,” and the urgent plea asks God to defend his own cause amid the violence and oppression described around it.
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Psalm 89:50Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,Both prayers ask God to remember reproach: mockery directed at God in Psalm 74 and taunts borne by his servants in Psalm 89.
Psalm 74:18Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.Both verses ask God to remember the mockery against him, naming foolish people as those who dishonor him.
Numbers 15:30“‘But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That soul shall be cut off from among his …Both texts describe dishonor toward God; Psalm 74 names mockery, while Numbers names blasphemy and commands exclusion from the people.
Isaiah 52:5“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says the LORD, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says the LORD, “and my …Both passages describe contempt for God continuing all day, with the surrounding words naming the suffering of his people.
Psalm 53:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Mahalath.” A contemplation by David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done …Both passages connect foolishness with contempt for God: mockery in Psalm 74 and denial of God in Psalm 53.
Psalm 79:9–10Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.Both prayers appeal to God's own honor as grounds for action, asking him to defend his cause or help for his name's sake.
Isaiah 37:17Turn your ear, LORD, and hear. Open your eyes, LORD, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.Both prayers ask God to attend to words spoken against him, whether ongoing mockery or Sennacherib's defiance.
Mark 9:12He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?The shared thread is contempt: Psalm 74 names mockery of God, while Mark speaks of the Son of Man being despised.
Hebrews 10:33partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions, and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.The shared thread is reproach, directed at God in the psalm and endured by people in Hebrews.
Leviticus 24:11The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the …Both texts name speech that dishonors God: ongoing mockery in the psalm and a man's blasphemy in Leviticus.
Job 7:7Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.Both prayers ask God to remember, though Psalm 74 names ongoing mockery and Job names the shortness of his life.
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The cry for God to act is urgent and unsoftened. No answer is recorded here; the prayer appeals to God while the mockery continues.
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