John Gill Commentary Psalms 74:23

"Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually." — Psalms 74:23 (ASV)

Forget not the voice of your enemies
Their roaring in the midst of the sanctuary and the congregation, (Psalms 74:4) , their reproaching and blaspheming voice, (Psalms 74:10Psalms 74:18Psalms 74:22) ,

the tumult of those that rise up against you increases continually ,
or "ascends" ^F9 ; goes up to God, and is taken notice of by him; the cry of their sins, like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, and of the city of Nineveh, (Genesis 18:20Genesis 18:21) (Jonah 1:2) , was continually going up to God; wherefore it might be hoped and expected that vengeance in a little time would come down; see (Revelation 18:5–7) , the Septuagint, and the versions that follow that, render it, "the pride of those"

all these petitions are prayers of faith, and are, or will be, heard and answered; upon which will follow thanksgivings, with which the next psalm begins.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: (dymt hlwe) "ascendens semper", Montanus; "ascendit semper", V. L. Musculus, Gejerus.