Psalms 74:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They have castb fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. ”

Psalms 74:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary - Into the temple to destroy it. Literally, “They have cast thy sanctuary into the fire.” The meaning is, that they had burned it down. This was actually do...
Psalms 74:7 - 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 74:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cast fire into, &c. . cast Thy holy place into the fire. sanctuary. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "holy places" (plural) dwelling place. Hebrew. mishkan. App-40 (...
Psalms 74:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. They have set fire to thy sanctuaries. The Psalmist now complains that the temple was burned, and thus completely razed and destroyed, whereas it was only half demolished by the instrumen...
Psalms 74:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
Psalms 74:7 - 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 74:7 - 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 74:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They have cast fire into. — Literally, They have cast into fire thy sanctuary. Probably a hyperbolic expression, and purporting to express the vastness of the conflagration. Others compare with t...
Psalms 74:7 - 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 74:7 - 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 74:7 - 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 74:7 - 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 74:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary ,.... Or, "thy sanctuary into the fire" o; which denotes the utter destruction of it by fire, which was done both by the Chaldean and Roman armies; see 2 Kin...
Psalms 74:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. Ver. 7. They have cast fire inlo thy sanctuary ] Heb. They have sent thy s...
Psalms 74:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary , &c. The Chaldeans first polluted, and then set fire to Solomon's temple, and burned that stately and costly fabric down to the ground. And Antiochus set...
Psalms 74:7 - 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 74:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

First they polluted it, and then they burnt it, and broke it in pieces.
Psalms 74:7 - 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 74:7 - 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 74:7 - 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 74:7 - 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 74:7 - 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 74:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:20 ; 2 Kings 25:9 ; Deuteronomy 12:5 ; Exodus 20:24 ; Ezekiel 24:21 ; Isaiah 64:11 ; Matthew 22:7 ; Psalms 89:39

Psalms 74:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 74:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 74:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 74:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 74:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 74:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 74:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 74:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 74:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 74:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 74:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 74:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 74:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge