Psalms 74:23

“Forget not the voice of thine enemies, etc.] Their roaring in the midst of the sanctuary and the congregation, (<197404>Psalm 74:4), their reproaching and blaspheming voice, (<197410>Psalm 74:10,18,22), the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually, or “ascendeth” f1063; goes up to God, and is taken notice of by him; the cry of their sins, like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, and of the city of Nineveh, (<011820>Genesis 18:20,21 Jon 1:2), was continually going up to God; wherefore it might be hoped and expected that vengeance in a little time would come down; (see <661805>Revelation 18:5-7), the Septuagint, and the versions that follow that, render it, “the pride of…”

“Forget not the voice of thine enemies - The voice of thine enemies clamoring for the destruction of thy people. Compare Psalms 137:7. The prayer is, that God would bring deserved chastisement upon them for their purposes and their aims against his people. It is not necessarily a prayer for vengeance; it is a prayer for just retribution. The tumult of those that rise up against thee - Of those that make war on thee, and on thy people. The word ““tumult” here means clamor or shout - as the shout of battle. The reference is to the movement of a host pressing on to conquest, encouraging and exciting each other, and endeavoring to intimidate their enemies by the loud clamor of the war-cry. It is…”

“Forget: Psa 10:11, Psa 10:12, Psa 13:1 tumult: Psa 74:4, Psa 2:1, Psa 2:2; Isa 37:29; Lam 2:16; Rev 17:14 increaseth: Heb. ascendeth, Jon 1:2 Next: Psalms Chapter 75”