Psalms 74:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. ”

Psalms 74:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lift 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 rui...
Psalms 74:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXIV. The date may be fixed with certainty and that within narrow limits. The Jews are suffering extreme distress, but apparently by no fault of their own, for there is no confession of sin. The p...
Psalms 74:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lift up Thy feet unto . Hasten to [and see]. Compare Idiom ( Genesis 29:1 ). feet. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. perpetual. Same word as "for ever", Psalms 74:1 .
Psalms 74:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 hi...
Psalms 74:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Lift up thy feet - Arise, and return to us, our desolations still continue. Thy sanct...
Psalms 74:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lift up thy feet, &c.— Lift up thy feet because of perpetual desolations. The phrase lift up thy feet, signifies no more than come, or return. God had deserted his sanctuary, and the S...
Psalms 74:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. -The enemy has destroyed God's sanctuary and synagogues, and there are no tokens o...
Psalms 74:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74, 79 seem to reflect the same historical situation, and are usually ascribed to the same author. Both were written in a time of national calamity, when the Temple was profaned ( Psalms 74 ),...
Psalms 74:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lift up thy feet. — Better, Lift thy steps. A poetical expression. God is invoked to hasten to view the desolation of the Temple. A somewhat similar expression will be found in Genesis 29:1 (ma...
Psalms 74:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:1-23 Two periods only correspond to the circumstances described in this psalm and its companion ( Psalms 79:1-13 )-namely, the Chaldean invasion and sack of Jerusalem, and the persecutio...
Psalms 74:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Sanctuary of God Profaned Psalms 74:1-11 This psalm probably dates from the time when the Chaldeans destroyed the Temple and the city of Jerusalem. Compare Psalms 74:8 with Jeremiah 3:13...
Psalms 74:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a great complaint, but it is a complaint of faith. Hardly a gleam of light is found throughout. The singer sits in the midst of national desolation and pours out his soul to God in passionate...
Psalms 74:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The pleading soul here takes up many strong and unanswerable arguments to plead with God. He first sets out with reminding Jehovah, that the anger God hath manifested is against his people. Now, sait...
Psalms 74:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 the...
Psalms 74:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Ver. 3. Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations ] i.e. Make haste to hel...
Psalms 74:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lift up thy feet This is spoken after the manner of men, and means, Come speedily to our rescue, and do not delay, as men do when they sit or stand still; unto Or rather, because of, the perpetu...
Psalms 74:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mournful Complaints. Maschil of Asaph. 1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke a...
Psalms 74:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lift up thy feet, i.e. come speedily for our rescue, and do not sit or stand still, as hitherto thou seemest to do. Unto the perpetual desolations; or rather, because of (as this prefix oft signi...
Psalms 74:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“A Maschil of Asaph,” i.e., an Instruction of Asaph, a Didactic Song by Asaph. See introduction to Psalms 1 . “But here we cannot have the least idea of the author...
Psalms 74:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 74:3 This Psalm contains (1) a complaint; (2) a prayer; (3) several pleas for that prayer. I. The complaint. It was a complaint of desolation and oppression. God's temple was lying waste;...
Psalms 74:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph; that is, instruction, as Psalms 32 . The EDDA is the title of the Icelandic poem, which also signifies instruction. This mournful ode is also alleged to have been written...
Psalms 74:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever? why doth Thine anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture? The wail and prayer of a true patriot I. The wail ( Psalms 74:1-17 ). 1. Some communi...
Psalms 74:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION " THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest". The psalmist describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" ( Psalms 74:3 ). The temple is violated ( Psalms 74:3 ); its carve...
Psalms 74:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for the Preservation of the Church. Maschil, a didactic poem, of Asaph, a prophetic psalm, foretelling some of the afflictions which would befall the Church of God, in the Old Testament as...
Psalms 74:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 22:39-43 ; Daniel 11:31 ; Daniel 8:11-14 ; Daniel 9:17 ; Daniel 9:27 ; Isaiah 10:6 ; Isaiah 25:10 ; Isaiah 63:3-6 ; Isaiah 64:10 ; Isaiah 64:11 ; Jeremiah 52:13 ; Joshua 10:24 ;...
Psalms 74:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lift up — Come speedily to our rescue. Because — Because otherwise our destruction is irrecoverable.

Psalms 74:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Psalms 74:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 74:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 74:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 74:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 74:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 74:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 74:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 74:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 74:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 74:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 74:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 74:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 74:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 74:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 74:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes