King James Version

Psalms 74:20

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

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הַבֵּ֥טhabetlookנָבַטverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “look”, a commandH5027to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care(cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.לַבְּרִ֑יתlabritto confederacyבְּרִיתpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to confederacy”, the ordinary formH1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…מָלְא֥וּmalevbe at an endמָלֵאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…מַחֲשַׁכֵּיmachashakedarkמַחְשָׁךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “dark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4285darkness; concretely, a dark placedark(-ness, place).אֶ֝֗רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.נְא֣וֹתneotpastureנָאָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “pasture”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4999a home; figuratively, a pasturehabitation, house, pasture, pleasant place.חָמָֽסchamasviolenceחָמָסnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “violence”, the ordinary formH2555violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gaincruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Look upon the covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

Young’s Literal Translation

Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

World English Bible

Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

Darby Translation

Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Look upon the covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Look upon thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπίβλεψον εἰς τὴν διαθήκην σου, ὅτι ἐπληρωθήσαν οἱ ἐσκοτωμένοι τῆς γῆς οἴκων ἀνομιῶν.