- Who are “the sheep of Your pasture”?
- Why does the Psalmist ask that the flock be remembered and the patrimony be redeemed?
- Would Psalms 74:3 indicate that God’s people are in serious trouble — and, if so, who is the foe — internal or external?
- Would Psalms 74:5-7 reflect the destruction of the Temple (end of Jerusalem)?
- In Psalms 74:10, is the Psalmist challenging God to explain how this destruction could take place when it actually blasphemes Divinity?
- What is the Psalmist unable to understand in Psalms 74:11?
- Psalms 74:13-17 recount various roles of God as creator, and God as protector of Israel, and how is this an introduction to Psalms 74:18-19?
- Finally, in Psalms 74:22-23, what is the specific request of the Psalmist for God’s action — and is it clear that this “action” has not yet been forthcoming?
