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Psalms 74:20

74:19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

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Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

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

Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

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

What does Psalms 74:20 mean?

Psalms 74:20 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָבַט (nâbaṭ), בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth), מַחְשָׁךְ (machshâk).

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Have
respectנָבַטnâbaṭ/naw-bat'/H5027to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
unto
the
covenant:בְּרִיתbᵉrîyth/ber-eeth'/H1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
for
the
darkמַחְשָׁךְmachshâk/makh-shawk'/H4285darkness; concretely, a dark place
places
of
the
earthאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
are
fullמָלֵאmâlêʼ/maw-lay'/H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
of
the
habitationsנָאָהnâʼâh/naw-aw'/H4999a home; figuratively, a pasture
of
cruelty.חָמָסchâmâç/khaw-mawce'/H2555violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 74:20.

Genesis 6:11

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Genesis 6:13

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. with the earth: or, from the earth

Genesis 1:22

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth

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What does Psalms 74:20 say?

Psalms 74:20 (King James Version) reads: "Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty."

Is Psalms 74:20 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 74:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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