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Psalms 74:10–11

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O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
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From verse 10

  1. Psalms 89:50–51Rank 1 from verse 10
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    50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

    51Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

  2. Revelation 6:10Rank 2 from verse 10
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    10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

  3. Daniel 12:6Rank 3 from verse 10
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    6And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

  4. Psalms 13:1–2Rank 4 from verse 10
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    1HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

    2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

  5. Psalms 44:16Rank 5 from verse 10
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    16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

From verse 11

  1. Lamentations 2:3Rank 1 from verse 11
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    3He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

  2. Isaiah 64:12Rank 2 from verse 11
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    12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

  3. Psalms 78:65–66Rank 3 from verse 11
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    65Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

    66And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

  4. Psalms 44:23Rank 4 from verse 11
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    23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

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Psalms 74:10

COMBINED MEANING

long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

blaspheme

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To speak evil, reproachfully, contemptuously, or cursedly against God, a person, or sacred things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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Psalms 74:11

COMBINED MEANING

withdrawest

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Second-person singular present form of withdraw, meaning to draw back, remove, recall, or depart.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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74:1O GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

74:2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

74:3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

74:4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

74:5A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

74:6But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.

74:7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

74:8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

74:9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

74:10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

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74:11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

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74:12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

74:13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

74:14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

74:15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

74:16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

74:17Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

74:18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

74:19O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

74:20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

74:21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

74:22Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

74:23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

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