Psalms 74:10

"We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long."

Key Reflection

This verse reflects a time of distress and despair for the psalmist, indicating a period when the people were experiencing God's absence or silence. They feel that without miraculous signs or prophetic guidance, they are left in uncertainty and vulnerability, longing for divine intervention and clarity.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach?... -How long shall this state of things be allowed to continue? Is there to be no end to it? Are these desolations never to be repaired - these ruins never to be rebuilt? It “seemed” so; and hence, this earnest appeal. So to us it often appears as if our trials were never to come to an end. One calamity succeeds another; and there comes no relief. Yet there is relief.

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