O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Parallel translations
- WEB How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
- BSB How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
- NKJV O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
- NASB How long, God, will the enemy taunt You? Shall the enemy treat Your name disrespectfully forever?
- NLT How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you? Will you let them dishonor your name forever?
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
Asaph cries, 'How long, God, will the enemy mock, and will the foe blaspheme your name forever?'
Overview
The lament turns to God's own honor: the enemy's reproach is an insult against God himself. 'How long?' is the cry of faith that still expects God to act. By appealing to God's name, Asaph trusts that God will vindicate his own glory, as he ultimately does through the victory of Christ (Romans 15:3).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Rev 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
- Ps 89:50–51Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
- Ps 44:16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
- Ps 79:4–5We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
- Ps 13:1–2How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
- Ps 79:12And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
- Dan 12:6And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
- Ps 89:46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
How Psalms 74:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.