John Trapp on Psalms 74:18

Verſ. 18. Remember this] Forgetfulneſſe befalleth not the Lord; nevertheleſſe he giveth us leave to be his Remembrancers, and not to keep ſilence when he is concerned. Iſa. 62.6.

That the enemy] See verſ. 10.

And that the fooliſh people have blasphemed thy Name] This irketh the Saints worſe than their own particular ſufferings. The Egyptians, out of their reſpect to their Mercurius Triſmegiſtus, would not raſhly pronounce his name; no more would the Grecians their god Jupiter, no not when they ſware by him.Turtur minimus cenſetur in columbarum genere, Arist[illegible: 1 letter] Should not we be much more tender and reſpective of the holy and reverend name of our God, taking it ill when by any it is blaſphemed?