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

1A contemplative song of Asaph. Why have You cast us off forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the flock of Your pasture? 2Remember Your congregation, which You purchased of old, redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance, and Mount Zion, where You dwelt. Lift Your steps toward the perpetual ruins— an enemy has done all evil to the Sanctuary! 4Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place. They have set up their standards as signs. 5It seemed like bringing up axes into a thicket 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 44:23But for Your sake we are slain all day. We are counted as sheep for slaughter.
• Joshua 10:24When they brought out those kings 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 forward and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came forward and put their feet on their necks.
• 2 Samuel 22:39I consumed them and crushed them till they cannot rise; yes, they fall beneath my feet.
• Isaiah 10:6I am sending it against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My fury I am commissioning it, to take spoil and plunder, to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Isaiah 25:10For the hand of Adonai will rest on this mountain. Moab will be trampled under Him, as straw is trampled in a manure pile.
• Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone— from the peoples, no man was with Me. I trod them in My anger, and trampled them in My wrath. Their lifeblood spattered My garments, so I stained all My robes.
• Micah 1:3For behold, Adonai is coming forth out of His place. He will come down and trample on the high places of the land.
• Psalms 102:13But You, Adonai, sit enthroned forever. Your renown is from generation to generation.
• Nehemiah 1:3They said to me, “The remnant who have survived the captivity there in the province are in great distress and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire.”
• Nehemiah 2:3but I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
• Isaiah 64:10Our holy and beautiful House, where our fathers praised You, Has been burned with fire— all our pleasant things are laid waste.
• Daniel 9:17‘So now, our God, listen to the prayers and petitions of Your servant, and cause Your face to shine upon Your devastated Sanctuary, for the sake of my Lord.
• Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you Zion will become a plowed field. Yes, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a high place in a forest.
• Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Revelation 11:2But do not measure the court outside the Temple—leave it out, because it has been given to the nations, and they shall trample the holy city for forty-two months.
• Psalms 79:1A Psalm of Asaph. God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance, defiled Your holy Temple, and reduced Jerusalem to 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

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Cleave
• Dragon
• Lift
• Pluck
• Psalms
• Remember
• Rod
• God
• Intercession

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