诗篇 74:3-7 CUVS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 74:1-11

This psalm is entitled Maschil?a psalm to give instruction, for it was penned in a day of affliction, which is intended for instruction; and this instruction in general it gives us, That when we are, upon any account, in distress, it is our wisdom and duty to apply to God by faithful and fervent prayer, and we shall not find it in vain to do so. Three things the people of God here complain of:? I. The displeasure of God against them, as that which was the cause and bitterness of all their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:3

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations ,.... That is, arise, hasten, move swiftly, and in the greatness of strength, and come and see the desolations made by the enemy, which look as if they would remain for ever; meaning either the desolations made in the city and temple of Jerusalem, either by Nebuchadnezzar, or by Titus; or the havocs and devastations made in the church of God by the tyranny and persecutions of antichrist; which have continued so long, that an end of them has... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:4

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations ,.... Particular churches, gathered out of the world in Gospel order, and which meet together at particular times and places; in the midst of these, and against them their enemies, and who are the Lord's enemies, roar like lions, as Satan, and bloody persecutors, and particularly antichrist, whose mouth is the mouth of a lion, which is opened in blasphemy against God and his people, Revelation 13:2 , they set up their ensigns for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:5

A man was famous ,.... Or, "it was", or "is known" F13 יודע "cognitus erat", Munster; "noscitur", Cocceius; "cognoscitur, innotescit", Gejerus. ; the desolations the enemy made, the wickedness they committed, the terror they spread, and the signs they set in the sanctuary of the Lord: according as he had lifted up , or "as one that lifts up" axes upon the thick trees F14 כמביא "velut adducens", Montanus, Gejerus; "tanquam sursum tollens et desuper inducens", Michaelis. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:6

But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. Formerly it was an honour to be employed in cutting down a tree for the building of the temple; but now so little regard was paid to it, that all its fine carved work, which Solomon made, 1 Kings 6:18 , was demolished at once in a rude and furious manner with axes and hammers; which was done either by the Chaldeans in Nebuchadnezzar's time, or by the Syrians in the times of Antiochus, or by the Romans in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:7

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary ,.... Or, "thy sanctuary into the fire" F15 באש מקדשך "in ignem sanctuaria tua", Pagninus, Vatablus; so Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. ; which denotes the utter destruction of it by fire, which was done both by the Chaldean and Roman armies; see 2 Kings 25:9 , they have defiled, by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground , or "to the earth they have defiled the habitation of thy name" F16 לארץ חללו משכן שמך ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 74:3

Lift up thy feet - Arise, and return to us, our desolations still continue. Thy sanctuary is profaned by thine and our enemies. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 74:4

Thine enemies roar - Thy people, who were formerly a distinct and separate people, and who would not even touch a Gentile, are now obliged to mingle with the most profane. Their boisterous mirth, their cruel mockings, their insulting commands, are heard every where in all our assemblies. They set up their ensigns for signs - אתות אותתם שמו samu othotham othoth , they set up their standards in the place of ours. All the ensigns and trophies were those of our enemies; our own were no... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 74:3

Verse 3 3.Lift up thy strokes. Here the people of God, on the other hand, beseech him to inflict a deadly wound upon their enemies, corresponding to the cruelty with which they had raged against his sanctuary. They would intimate, that a moderate degree of punishment was not sufficient for such impious and sacrilegious fury; and that, therefore, those who had shown themselves such violent enemies of the temple and of the worshippers of God should be completely destroyed, their impiety being... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 74:4

Verse 4 4.Thy adversaries have roared in the midst of thy sanctuaries. Here the people of God compare their enemies to lions, (Amos 3:8,) to point out the cruelty which they exercised even in the very sanctuaries of God. (218) In this passage we are to understand the temple of Jerusalem as spoken of rather than the Jewish synagogues; nor is it any objection to this interpretation that the temple is here called in the plural number sanctuaries, as is frequently the case in other places, it being... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 74:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 74:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 74:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 74:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 74:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 74:4

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