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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations. The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.

Context of Psalms 74:3

1God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? 2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. Step toward the irreparable ruins; The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary. 4Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own signs as signs. 5It seems like one bringing up His axe into a forest of trees.

Psalms 74:3 word by word

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

• Stepרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• Stepפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• irreparableנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• ruinsמַשּׁוּאָהmashshû'âh mashshû'âh · desolationH4876
• The enemyאָיַב'âyab · be hostileH340
• has damagedרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• everythingכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• in the sanctuaryקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944

Cross-references for Psalms 74:3

• Psalms 44:23Wake Yourself up, why do You sleep, Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever.
• Joshua 10:24When they brought these kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the leaders of the men of war who had gone with him, “Come forward, put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came forward and put their feet on their necks.
• 2 Samuel 22:39And I have devoured them and smashed them, so that they would not rise; And they fell under my feet.
• Isaiah 10:6I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture spoils and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain, And Moab will be trampled down in his place As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.
• Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the wine trough alone, And from the peoples there was no one with Me. I also trod them in My anger And trampled them in My wrath; And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments, And I stained all My clothes.
• Micah 1:3For behold, the Lord is coming forth from His place. He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
• Psalms 102:13You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.
• Nehemiah 1:3And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and disgrace, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire.”
• Nehemiah 2:3And I said to the king, “May the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the site of my fathers’ tombs, is desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”
• Isaiah 64:10Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
• Daniel 9:17So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his pleas, and for Your sake, Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary.
• Micah 3:12Therefore on account of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest.
• Luke 21:24and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Revelation 11:2Leave out the courtyard which is outside the temple and do not measure it, because it has been given to the nations; and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
• Psalms 79:1God, the nations have invaded 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