Psalms 74:20

“Have respect unto the covenant, etc.] The Targum adds, “which thou hast made with our fathers;” meaning not the covenant of works, which being broken, no good thing was to be expected from it, not liberty, life, nor eternal salvation, but all the reverse; but the covenant of grace, made with Christ before the world was, and made manifest to Adam, to Noah, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to David, and others: this God has a respect unto, and does look unto it; he looks to the surety and Mediator of it, which is Christ, for the fulfilment of all conditions in it; to the promises of it, that they may be made good; to the blessings of it, that they be bestowed upon the persons to whom they belong;…”

“Have respect unto the covenant - The covenant which thou hast made with thy people, promising, on thy part, to protect them, and to be their God. Compare Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 5:2; Deuteronomy 26:18-19. The prayer here is, that God would remember, in the day of national calamity, the solemn promise implied in that covenant, and that he would interpose to save his people. Compare Genesis 9:15; Leviticus 26:42; Ezekiel 16:60; Luke 1:72. This may be regarded as the language which the people did use when these calamities were about to come upon them. For the dark places of the earth - The allusion here is to the lands from whence came the armies that had invaded Judea, and that…”

“The covenant - Made with Abraham, whereby thou didst give the land of Canaan to him, and to his seed for ever. Dark places - This dark and dismal land in which we live. Psalms 74:21”

“Have: Psa 89:28, Psa 89:34-36, Psa 89:39, Psa 105:8, Psa 106:45; Gen 17:7, Gen 17:8; Exo 24:6-8; Lev 26:40-45; Deu 9:27; Sa2 23:5; Jer 33:20-26; Luk 1:72-75; Heb 8:10 the dark: Deu 12:31; Rom 1:29-31; Eph 4:17, Eph 4:18 habitations: Psa 5:8; Gen 49:5-7 Psalms 74:21”