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Psalm 74:23
Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.
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The tumult keeps rising as the psalm ends, leaving the plea for God to remember his adversaries without a report of relief.
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Psalm 2:2The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Anointed, saying,Both passages name opposition against God: adversaries rise against him in Psalm 74, and rulers take counsel against him in Psalm 2.
Psalm 65:7You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.Psalm 74 names tumult that keeps rising; Psalm 65 names God as the one who stills the turmoil of nations.
Isaiah 37:29Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, …Both describe defiance against God rising upward; Isaiah adds God’s answer to the arrogance that has reached his ears.
Revelation 17:14These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are called, chosen, and …Both name opposition to divine rule; the psalm ends in petition, while Revelation declares the Lamb’s victory over those fighting him.
Ezekiel 36:6Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell the mountains, the hills, the watercourses and the valleys, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I have …Both concern hostility involving God’s people; Ezekiel names the shame inflicted by nations, while the psalm names voices raised against God.
2 Kings 19:28Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, …The ascending tumult in the psalm shares the upward movement of arrogance reaching God’s ears in 2 Kings.
Psalm 44:24Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?Both prayers appeal to God about forgetting: Psalm 74 names his adversaries, while Psalm 44 names his people’s affliction and oppression.
Psalm 13:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?Both address God with the fear of being forgotten, though Psalm 74 asks him to remember adversaries and Psalm 13 the speaker.
Lamentations 2:16All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that …Both passages feature hostile voices: the psalm names adversaries’ tumult, and Lamentations records enemies boasting over the destruction they wanted.
Jonah 1:2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”Both describe evil rising before God: the adversaries’ tumult in the psalm and Nineveh’s wickedness in Jonah.
Isaiah 37:23Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.Both identify God as the target of hostile voices; Isaiah names the one being defied as the Holy One of Israel.
2 Kings 19:6Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master this: ‘The LORD says, “Don’t be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria …Both concern words spoken against God; the psalm asks him to remember, while 2 Kings identifies Assyrian servants’ words as blasphemy.
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Your prayer need not end with a claim that the noise has stopped. This psalm ends with opposition still rising and a plea addressed to God.
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