시편 74:9-10 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 74:10

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name forever? There is no contradiction between these two clauses. The psalmist wishes to ask two things: 1. Is the present distress to continue forever? 2. And if not, how long is it to endure? It is true that he inverts the natural order of the questions; but this is so common a mode of speech, that grammarians have given it a name, and call it ὔστερον - πρότερον . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 74:9

We see not our signs - The emblems of worship, or the national emblems or banners, which we have been accustomed to see. There are no signals or tokens of our nationality in the land. All have been removed by the invaders, and we see everywhere evidences of the presence of a foreign power. The marks of our own independency are gone. The nation is subdued and conquered.There is no more any prophet - No one is raised up as the special messenger of God to assure us of his favor, or to take the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 74:10

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach?... - How long shall this state of things be allowed to continue? Is there to be no end to it? Are these desolations never to be repaired - these ruins never to be rebuilt? It “seemed” so; and hence, this earnest appeal. So to us it often appears as if our trials were never to come to an end. One calamity succeeds another; and there comes no relief. Yet there is relief. Deliverance may come, and soon come, in the present life; or if not in the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 74:9

Psalms 74:9. We see not our signs Those tokens of God’s gracious presence with us, which we and our ancestors used to enjoy. There is no more any prophet Either, 1st, Any public teacher. We have few or none left to instruct us in the law of God, and in divine things. Or, 2d, Any extraordinary prophet, who can foretel things to come, as the next words explain it. For as for Jeremiah and Ezekiel, they might be dead when this Psalm was composed; and Daniel was involved in civil affairs, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 74:10-12

Psalms 74:10-12. How long shall the adversary reproach Namely, thy name, (which is expressed in the next clause,) by saying that thou art either unkind to thy people, or unfaithful in thy covenant, or unable to deliver us out of our miseries. Why withdrawest thou thy hand? Why dost thou suspend or forbear the exercise of that power which thou hast so often exerted in behalf of thy people? Pluck it out of thy bosom In which thou now seemest to hide it, as idle persons used to do. This... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:1-23

Psalms 74:0 Israel in captivityThis psalm belongs to the time that followed the destruction of the nation Israel. Assyria conquered the northern kingdom in 722 BC, and Babylon the southern kingdom during the years 605-587 BC. The people were taken captive into foreign lands and the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed (2 Kings 25:8-12). Now, with the centre of their religious life gone, the people feel cut off from God. Worse than that, the bitter years in captivity lead them to doubt God’s... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 74:9

signs: i.e. the signs of God ' s presence and power, or miraculous signs. Compare "their" of Psalms 74:4 with "our", Psalms 74:9 . prophet. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for prophetic utterances. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 74:10

how long . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. Compare Psalms 74:1 . Figure of speech Ellipsis , "how long [this shall last]". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 74:9

"We see not our signs:There is no more any prophet;Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach?Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name forever?""There is no more any prophet" (Psalms 74:9). This does not appear to be a reference to that long inter-testamental period of Israel's history, during which the voice of prophecy in Israel was providentially silenced. As Ash suggested, we believe this refers to the time when there was no longer any... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 74:9

Psalms 74:9. We see not our signs— Any token of they divine presence among us. Bishop Patrick concludes from the next clause, that this psalm was composed towards the end of the captivity, because the writer complains here that there was no prophet left (as there was at the beginning of it, particularly, Jeremiah,) to tell the Jews how long it would last. read more