Psalms 74:5

Psalms 74:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
• New International Version (NIV)They behaved like men wielding axes to cut through a thicket of trees.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They seem like men who lift up Axes among the thick trees.

Context of Psalms 74:5

3Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary. 4Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own standards for signs. It seems as if one had lifted up His axe in a forest of trees. 6And now all its carved work They smash with hatchet and hammers. 7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name.

Psalms 74:5 word by word

יִ֭וָּדַע כְּמֵבִ֣יא לְמָ֑עְלָה בִּֽסֲבָךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• It seemsיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• as if one had liftedבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• axeקַרְדֹּםqardôm · axeH7134
• forestסְבֹךְsôbek · thicketH5441
• of treesעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086

Cross-references for Psalms 74:5

• 1 Kings 5:6Now therefore, command that they cut for me cedars from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”
• 2 Chronicles 2:14the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to execute any design which may be assigned to him, to work with your skilled men and with those of my lord David your father.
• Jeremiah 46:22Its sound moves along like a serpent; For they move on like an army And come to her as woodcutters with axes.

Commentaries on Psalms 74:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5A man was famous - literally, “He is known;” or, shall be known. That is, he was or shall be celebrated. According as he had lifted up axes - literally, “As one raising on high axes;” that is, as one lifts up his axe high in the air in order to strike an effectual stroke. Upon the thick trees - The clumps of trees; the trees standing thick together. That is, As he showed skill and ability in cutting these down, and laying them low. His celebrity was…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. 5-65-6. Though some terms and clauses here are very obscure, the general sense is that the spoilers destroyed the beauties of the temple with the violence of woodmen. was famous--literally, "was known."Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 74:5

• Ax

In the dictionaries

• Thick Trees
• Asaph
• Axe
• Cleave
• Dragon
• Lift
• Pluck
• Psalms
• Remember
• Rod

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