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Psalm 74:12 Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
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he brings salvation on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/74.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You, O God, are my king from ages past, bringing salvation to the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/74.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/74.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/74.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For God <i>is</i> my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/74.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For God <i>is</i> my King from of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/74.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet God is my King from long ago, Who performs acts of salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/74.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/74.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/74.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yet God is my King from of old, Who works deeds of salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/74.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/74.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God my King is from ancient times, performing saving acts on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/74.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God my King is from ancient times, performing saving acts on the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/74.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/74.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our God and King, you have ruled since ancient times; you have won victories everywhere on this earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/74.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/74.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />And yet, from long ago God has been my king, the one who has been victorious throughout the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/74.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But you have been our king from the beginning, O God; you have saved us many times. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/74.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But God is my king from ancient times, who brings acts of deliverance throughout the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/74.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/74.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But God has been my king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/74.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Yet God is my King from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/74.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/74.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/74.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And God [is] my king of old, "" Working salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/74.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And God is my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/74.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And God my king of old working salvations in the midst of the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/74.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/74.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 73:12>But God is our king before all ages. He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/74.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet you, God, are my king from of old, winning victories throughout the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/74.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet God my King is from of old, working salvation in the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/74.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For God is our King, who of old has commanded the salvation of Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/74.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Our God is King who has performed salvation in the midst of the Earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/74.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/74.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/74-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9068" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/74.htm">Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them! <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: wê·lō·hîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">Yet God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: mal·kî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- King. From malak; a king.">is my King</a> <a href="/hebrew/6924.htm" title="6924: miq·qe·ḏem (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- The front, of place, time. Or qedmah; from qadam; the front, of place or time; often used adverbially.">from ancient times,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6466.htm" title="6466: pō·‘êl (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, especially to practise.">working</a> <a href="/hebrew/3444.htm" title="3444: yə·šū·‘ō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Salvation. Feminine passive participle of yasha'; something saved, i.e. deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity.">salvation</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: bə·qe·reḇ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-1.htm">Exodus 15:1-18</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9-10</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-11.htm">Psalm 77:11-15</a></span><br />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? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/89-9.htm">Psalm 89:9-10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-8.htm">Psalm 106:8-12</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/26-12.htm">Job 26:12-13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-16.htm">Isaiah 43:16-17</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/3-8.htm">Habakkuk 3:8-15</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Nehemiah 9:9-11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/136-13.htm">Psalm 136:13-15</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/15-3.htm">Revelation 15:3-4</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-10.htm">Revelation 12:10-11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-24.htm">1 Corinthians 15:24-28</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-15.htm">Colossians 2:15</a></span><br />And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/2-14.htm">Hebrews 2:14-15</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For God is my King of old, working salvation in the middle of the earth.</p><p class="hdg">God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-4.htm">Psalm 44:4</a></b></br> Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5,6</a></b></br> 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 <i>is</i> mine: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/23-21.htm">Numbers 23:21,22</a></b></br> He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God <i>is</i> with him, and the shout of a king <i>is</i> among them… </p><p class="hdg">working</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-2.htm">Exodus 15:2-15</a></b></br> The LORD <i>is</i> my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he <i>is</i> my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/4-23.htm">Judges 4:23,24</a></b></br> So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/19-5.htm">1 Samuel 19:5</a></b></br> 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 <i>it</i>, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/9-6.htm">Accomplishing</a> <a href="/psalms/73-28.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/psalms/72-4.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/psalms/68-20.htm">Deliverances</a> <a href="/psalms/73-25.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/74-11.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/psalms/74-2.htm">Past</a> <a href="/psalms/72-4.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/psalms/52-2.htm">Working</a> <a href="/psalms/73-28.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/55-11.htm">Accomplishing</a> <a href="/psalms/77-11.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/psalms/78-22.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-2.htm">Deliverances</a> <a href="/psalms/74-17.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/78-28.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/psalms/77-5.htm">Past</a> <a href="/psalms/76-9.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/psalms/77-12.htm">Working</a> <a href="/psalms/75-1.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 74</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/74-1.htm">The prophet complains of the desolation of the sanctuary</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/74-10.htm">He moves God to help in consideration of his power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/74-18.htm">Of his reproachful enemies, or his children and of his covenant.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The psalmist affirms God's rule, which predates human history, emphasizing His unchanging nature and authority. This echoes the biblical narrative of God's kingship seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/10-16.htm">Psalm 10:16</a> and <a href="/1_samuel/8-7.htm">1 Samuel 8:7</a>, where God is recognized as the ultimate ruler over Israel and the universe. The term "ancient times" suggests a connection to the creation narrative in Genesis, where God establishes His dominion over the earth. It also reflects the cultural understanding of kingship in ancient Near Eastern societies, where a king was seen as a divine representative on earth.<p><b>working salvation on the earth</b><br>This phrase highlights God's active role in delivering and redeeming His people. The concept of salvation is central to the biblical narrative, with God repeatedly intervening to rescue Israel from oppression, as seen in the Exodus story (<a href="/exodus/14-13.htm">Exodus 14:13-14</a>). The phrase "on the earth" underscores the tangible and historical nature of God's saving acts, contrasting with purely spiritual or otherworldly salvation. This anticipates the ultimate salvation through Jesus Christ, who is seen as the fulfillment of God's redemptive work, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a> and realized in the New Testament (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16-17</a>). The psalmist's declaration serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness and power to save throughout history, providing hope and assurance to believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, recognized as the eternal King and the source of salvation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/k/king.htm">King</a></b><br>A title for God, emphasizing His sovereignty and authority over all creation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/salvation.htm">Salvation</a></b><br>The act of delivering or saving, which God is actively working on the earth.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/earth.htm">Earth</a></b><br>The realm where God's salvation is being enacted, highlighting His involvement in the world.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_eternal_sovereignty.htm">God's Eternal Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God's kingship is not a new development but has been established "from of old." This provides believers with confidence in His unchanging nature and eternal authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/active_salvation.htm">Active Salvation</a></b><br>Understand that God's work of salvation is ongoing and active in the world today. This encourages believers to trust in His deliverance and to participate in His redemptive work.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_involvement_in_the_world.htm">God's Involvement in the World</a></b><br>Acknowledge that God is not distant or detached but is intimately involved in the affairs of the earth. This should inspire believers to seek His presence and guidance in their daily lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_plan.htm">Trust in God's Plan</a></b><br>Even when circumstances seem dire, trust that God, as King, is working out His plan of salvation. This calls for faith and patience, knowing that His purposes will ultimately prevail.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_74.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 74</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_david's_psalms.htm">What are the key themes in the Psalms of David?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_alien_life_fit_christianity.htm">If extraterrestrial life is discovered, how does that fit with Christian theology?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_74_3_fit_with_586_bce.htm">In Psalm 74:3, how do we reconcile the psalm’s reference to the destruction of the sanctuary with uncertain dating that some scholars place centuries later than the temple’s fall in 586 BCE? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_reject_and_defeat_his_people.htm">(Psalm 44:9–10) Why would a supposedly omnipotent and loving God suddenly reject His people and allow them to be defeated in battle? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/74.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">For.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">and, </span>or <span class= "ital">and yet.</span><p><span class= "bld">My king.</span>--The poet speaks for Israel. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/44-4.htm" title="You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.">Psalm 44:4</a>; <a href="/habakkuk/1-12.htm" title="Are you not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, you have ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, you have established them for correction.">Habakkuk 1:12</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">In the midst of the earth.</span>--Or, as we might say, "on the great theatre of the world." Certainly we must not render here <span class= "ital">land </span>instead of <span class= "ital">earth, </span>since the wonders of Egypt, &c, are the theme.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/74.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 12-17.</span> - 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). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For God is my King of old (</span>comp. <a href="/psalms/44-4.htm">Psalm 44:4</a>). 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. <span class="cmt_word">Working salvation in the midst of the earth.</span> Not in any imaginary earth centre, but, as Professor Cheyne says, "quite broadly, in various parts of the earth" (comp. <a href="/exodus/8-22.htm">Exodus 8:22</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/74-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Yet God</span><br /><span class="heb">וֵ֭אלֹהִים</span> <span class="translit">(wê·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is] my King</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְכִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mal·kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from of old,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקֶּ֑דֶם</span> <span class="translit">(miq·qe·ḏem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6924.htm">Strong's 6924: </a> </span><span class="str2">The front, of place, time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">working</span><br /><span class="heb">פֹּעֵ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(pō·‘êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6466.htm">Strong's 6466: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make, to practise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">salvation</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֝שׁוּע֗וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(yə·šū·‘ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3444.htm">Strong's 3444: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקֶ֣רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nearest part, the center</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the earth.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/74-12.htm">Psalm 74:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/74-12.htm">Psalm 74:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/74-12.htm">Psalm 74:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/74-12.htm">Psalm 74:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/74-12.htm">Psalm 74:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/74-12.htm">Psalm 74:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/74-12.htm">Psalm 74:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/74-12.htm">Psalm 74:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/74-12.htm">Psalm 74:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/74-12.htm">Psalm 74:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/74-12.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 74:12 Yet God is my King of old (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/74-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 74:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 74:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/74-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 74:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 74:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>