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Psalms 74:11

74:10 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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Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!

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

Why withdraw you your hand, even your right hand? pluck it out of your bosom.

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

What does Psalms 74:11 mean?

Psalms 74:11 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׁוּב (shûwb), יָד (yâd), יָמִין (yâmîyn).

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withdrawestשׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
thou
thy
hand,יָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
even
thy
right
hand?יָמִיןyâmîyn/yaw-meen'/H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
pluckכָּלָהkâlâh/kaw-law'/H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
it
out
ofקֶרֶבqereb/keh'-reb/H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
thy
bosom.חֵיקchêyq/khake/H2436the bosom (literally or figuratively)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 74:11.

Exodus 29:22

Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:

Exodus 33:3

Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

Exodus 33:5

For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

Genesis 16:9

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.

Genesis 18:33

And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

Genesis 24:22

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; earring: or, jewel for the forehead

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. pulled: Heb. caused her to come

Leviticus 8:25

And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder:

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What does Psalms 74:11 say?

Psalms 74:11 (King James Version) reads: "Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom."

Is Psalms 74:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 74:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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