Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But God is my King from long ago; he brings salvation on the earth. New Living Translation You, O God, are my king from ages past, bringing salvation to the earth. English Standard Version Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. Berean Standard Bible Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth. King James Bible For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. New King James Version For God is my King from of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. New American Standard Bible Yet God is my King from long ago, Who performs acts of salvation in the midst of the earth. NASB 1995 Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth. NASB 1977 Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth. Legacy Standard Bible Yet God is my King from of old, Who works deeds of salvation in the midst of the earth. Amplified Bible Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. Christian Standard Bible God my King is from ancient times, performing saving acts on the earth. Holman Christian Standard Bible God my King is from ancient times, performing saving acts on the earth. American Standard Version Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. Contemporary English Version Our God and King, you have ruled since ancient times; you have won victories everywhere on this earth. English Revised Version Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. GOD'S WORD® Translation And yet, from long ago God has been my king, the one who has been victorious throughout the earth. Good News Translation But you have been our king from the beginning, O God; you have saved us many times. International Standard Version But God is my king from ancient times, who brings acts of deliverance throughout the earth. Majority Standard Bible Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth. NET Bible But God has been my king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth. New Heart English Bible Yet God is my King from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth. Webster's Bible Translation For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. World English Bible Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd God [is] my king of old, "" Working salvation in the midst of the earth. Young's Literal Translation And God is my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. Smith's Literal Translation And God my king of old working salvations in the midst of the earth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Yet you, God, are my king from of old, winning victories throughout the earth. New Revised Standard Version Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the earth. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor God is our King, who of old has commanded the salvation of Jacob. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Our God is King who has performed salvation in the midst of the Earth. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth. Brenton Septuagint Translation But God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?…11Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them! 12Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth. 13You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;… Cross References Exodus 15:1-18 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea. / The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. / The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name. ... Isaiah 51:9-10 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon? / Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over? Psalm 77:11-15 I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old. / I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds. / Your way, O God, is holy. What god is so great as our God? ... Psalm 89:9-10 You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them. / You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. Psalm 106:8-12 Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known. / He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert. / He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ... Job 26:12-13 By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab. / By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. Isaiah 43:16-17 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters, / who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: Habakkuk 3:8-15 Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation? / You brandished Your bow; You called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers. / The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high. ... Nehemiah 9:9-11 You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea. / You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day. / You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters. Psalm 136:13-15 He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever. / and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever. / but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever. Revelation 15:3-4 and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations! / Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.” Revelation 12:10-11 And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God. / They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death. 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. / For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. / The last enemy to be destroyed is death. ... Colossians 2:15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Hebrews 2:14-15 Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, / and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. Treasury of Scripture For God is my King of old, working salvation in the middle of the earth. God Psalm 44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. Exodus 19:5,6 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: … Numbers 23:21,22 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them… working Exodus 15:2-15 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him… Judges 4:23,24 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel… 1 Samuel 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? Jump to Previous Accomplishing Deeds Deliverance Deliverances Earth Midst Past Salvation Working WorksJump to Next Accomplishing Deeds Deliverance Deliverances Earth Midst Past Salvation Working WorksPsalm 74 1. The prophet complains of the desolation of the sanctuary10. He moves God to help in consideration of his power 18. Of his reproachful enemies, or his children and of his covenant. Yet God is my King from of old This phrase begins with a profound declaration of faith and recognition of God's eternal sovereignty. The Hebrew word for "God" here is "Elohim," which emphasizes His power and majesty. The psalmist acknowledges God as "my King," indicating a personal relationship and submission to His divine rule. The phrase "from of old" suggests an acknowledgment of God's eternal nature and His unchanging authority throughout history. This reflects a deep trust in God's enduring presence and His governance over all creation, reminding believers of His timeless reign and the stability it brings to their lives. working salvation on the earth My king.--The poet speaks for Israel. (Comp. Psalm 44:4; Habakkuk 1:12.) In the midst of the earth.--Or, as we might say, "on the great theatre of the world." Certainly we must not render here land instead of earth, since the wonders of Egypt, &c, are the theme. Verses 12-17. - Comfort springs from the thought of God's previous deliverances of his people, and of his other great mercies. The deliverance from Egypt has the foremost place (vers. 13,14), as the most striking. Then the deliverance from the wilderness, and the passage of Jordan (ver. 15). From these the poet passes to God's mercies in nature - day and night, light and sun, set bounds of earth and sea, alternations of the seasons - all formed and arranged by the Almighty (vers. 16, 17). Verse 12. - For God is my King of old (comp. Psalm 44:4). As "King," he has power to perform all that he wills, to set up and to cast down, to give into the enemy's hand and to deliver. Working salvation in the midst of the earth. Not in any imaginary earth centre, but, as Professor Cheyne says, "quite broadly, in various parts of the earth" (comp. Exodus 8:22).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Yet Godוֵ֭אלֹהִים (wê·lō·hîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative [is] my King מַלְכִּ֣י (mal·kî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 4428: A king from of old, מִקֶּ֑דֶם (miq·qe·ḏem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6924: The front, of place, time working פֹּעֵ֥ל (pō·‘êl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6466: To do, make, to practise salvation יְ֝שׁוּע֗וֹת (yə·šū·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 3444: Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity on בְּקֶ֣רֶב (bə·qe·reḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center the earth. הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Psalm 74:12 NIVPsalm 74:12 NLT Psalm 74:12 ESV Psalm 74:12 NASB Psalm 74:12 KJV Psalm 74:12 BibleApps.com Psalm 74:12 Biblia Paralela Psalm 74:12 Chinese Bible Psalm 74:12 French Bible Psalm 74:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 74:12 Yet God is my King of old (Psalm Ps Psa.) |