Psalms 74:20
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 74 connects to 10 cross-references. A communal lament of Asaph over the destruction of the sanctuary, possibly reflecting the Babylonian destruction. The psalmist cries that God has cast off his people and enemies have desecrated the meeting place. He appeals to God's past mighty acts …
Other Translations
Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.
Cross References
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which …
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on …
Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have …
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor …
Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any …
Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and …
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in …
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.