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Plead God's Own Cause
Commentators emphasize that the psalmist's most powerful plea is for God to defend His own honor. The attacks on God's people are ultimately attacks on God Himself. This teaches believers to frame their prayers not just around their own needs, but around God's glory, His truth, and His reputation in the world. As Albert Barnes notes, the cause of justice, truth, and the Gospel is fundamentally God's cause.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 74:22
18th Century
Theologian
Arise, O God - As if God were now unresponsive to the wrongs and sufferings of His people; as if He were inattentive and unwilling …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 74:22–23
19th Century
Bishop
These verses show that the psalm was actually composed amid the dark days it describes. It ends in expostulatory prayer, with still no brighter gle…
John Calvin
On Psalms 74:22
16th Century
Theologian
Arise, O God! plead your cause. The pious Jews again supplicate God to ascend into his judgment seat. He is then said to arise, w…
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John Gill
On Psalms 74:22
17th Century
Pastor
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause
The church's cause being the cause of God; and therefore she desires that he wou…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 74:18–23
17th Century
Minister
The psalmist begs that God would appear for the church against their enemies. The folly of those who revile his gospel and his servants will be pla…