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Psalms 74:10
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly during a period of national crisis marked by the absence of prophetic guidance and visible signs. He asks how long the enemy will taunt God and revile His name.
The words — The Hebrew מָתַי (ma.Tai) means "when?" and עַד־ ('ad-) means "until," structuring the verse as a direct question about the duration of divine patience.
The thread — The text runs parallel to Psalm 13:1 and Revelation 6:10, where the same temporal question is posed regarding the delay of divine intervention.
Why it lands — The verse demands that the reader voice the full duration of observed oppression rather than accept prolonged suffering as normal. It requires honest confrontation with divine silence before any appeal for action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Cross-references
- Psalms 89:50 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
- Revelation 6:10 And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”
- Psalms 13:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 44:16 at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
- Psalms 79:4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 79:12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
- Psalms 89:46 How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
- Daniel 12:6 One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”