God’s Word Translation
Psalms 74:11
11Why do you hold back your hand, especially your right hand? Take your hands out of your pockets. Destroy your enemies!
Psalms 74:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
- New International Version (NIV)Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them.
Context of Psalms 74:11
9We no longer see miraculous signs. There are no prophets anymore. No one knows how long this will last. 10How long, O God, will the enemy insult us? Will the enemy despise you forever? Why do you hold back your hand, especially your right hand? Take your hands out of your pockets. Destroy your enemies! 12And yet, from long ago God has been my king, the one who has been victorious throughout the earth. 13You stirred up the sea with your own strength. You smashed the heads of sea monsters in the water.
Read all of Psalms 74Psalms 74:11 word by word
לָ֤מָּה תָשִׁ֣יב יָ֭דְךָ וִֽימִינֶ֑ךָ מִקֶּ֖רֶב חֵֽיקְךָ֣ כַלֵּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 74:11
- Isaiah 64:12Despite these things, Lord, will you hold back? Will you be silent and make us suffer more than we can bear?
- Lamentations 2:3In his burning anger he cut off all of Israel’s strength. He withdrew his right hand when they faced their enemy. He burned like a raging fire in ⌞the land of⌟ Jacob, destroying everything around him.
- Psalms 44:23Wake up! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Awake! Do not reject us forever!
- Psalms 78:65Then the Lord woke up like one who had been sleeping, like a warrior sobering up from ⌞too much⌟ wine.
Commentaries on Psalms 74:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Why withdrawest thou thy hand - It has been remarked, that as the outward habit of the easterns had no sleeves, the hands and arms were frequently covered with the folds of the robe; and in order to do any thing, the hand must be disentangled and drawn out. The literal version of the Hebrew is: "To what time wilt thou draw back thy hand; yea, thy right hand, from within thy bosom?" Consomme; that is, manifest thy power, and destroy thy adversaries. I…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? - Why dost thou not stretch forth thy hand for our deliverance? The hand, especially the right hand, is the instrument by which we wield a sword, or strike a blow; and the expression here is equivalent to asking why God did not interfere and save them. Pluck it out of thy bosom - As if God had hidden his hand beneath the folds of his garment, or had wrapped his robe tightly around him. It “seemed” as if…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23The psalmist laments the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. This happened in 586 BC. The psalmist uses vivid imagery, asks questions, recalls fresh memories, and directly asks the Lord to act (Psalm 74:19–23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Why cease to help us? (Compare Psa 3:7; 7:6; 60:5).Read the comment
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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
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