Psalms 74:3

Psalms 74:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
• New International Version (NIV)Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins, all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations. The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Walk through the awful ruins of the city; see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.

Context of Psalms 74:3

1O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture? 2Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt. Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary! 4Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs. 5They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees.

Psalms 74:3 word by word

הָרִ֣ימָה פְ֭עָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁא֣וֹת נֶ֑צַח כָּל־הֵרַ֖ע אוֹיֵ֣ב בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lift upרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• thy feetפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• unto the perpetualנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• desolationsמַשּׁוּאָהmashshû'âh mashshû'âh · desolationH4876
• the enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• hath done wickedlyרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• in the sanctuaryקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944

Cross-references for Psalms 74:3

• Psalms 44:23Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!
• Joshua 10:24And when they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, "Come near; put your feet on the necks of these kings." Then they came near and put their feet on their necks.
• 2 Samuel 22:39I consumed them; I thrust them through, so that they did not rise; they fell under my feet.
• Isaiah 10:6Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain, and Moab shall be trampled down in his place, as straw is trampled down in a dunghill.
• Isaiah 63:3"I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel.
• Micah 1:3For behold, the Lord is coming out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.
• Psalms 102:13You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
• Nehemiah 1:3And they said to me, "The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire."
• Nehemiah 2:3I said to the king, "Let the king live forever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' graves, lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"
• Isaiah 64:10Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
• Daniel 9:17Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate.
• Micah 3:12Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.
• Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Revelation 11:2but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
• Psalms 79:1O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

Commentaries on Psalms 74:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Lift up thy feet - Arise, and return to us, our desolations still continue. Thy sanctuary is profaned by thine and our enemies.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Lift up thy feet - That is, Advance, or draw near. Come and look directly and personally on the desolations which now exist in the holy city. Unto the perpetual desolations - Hebrew, “the ruins of perpetuity,” or eternity; that is, such as have been long continued, and threaten to continue forever. The ruin had not suddenly come, and it did not seem likely soon to pass away, but appeared to be entire and permanent. The destruction of the city seemed to be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-8Like a guide, the psalmist points out to the Lord what took place during the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Lift ... feet--(Ge 29:1)--that is, Come (to behold) the desolations (Psa 73:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 74:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Church

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Commentaries on Psalms 74

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary