Psalms 74:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They said in their hearts, Let us destroyc them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. ”

Psalms 74:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They said in their hearts - They purposed; they designed it. Let us destroy them together - Let us destroy all these buildings, temples, towers, and walls at the same time; let us make an ent...
Psalms 74:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They said in their (e) hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. (e) They encouraged one another to cruelty, that not only God's people might b...
Psalms 74:8 - 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 74:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

together: or, at once. synagogues . meeting-places. See note on "congregations", Psalms 74:4 . This rendering comes from the Septuagint GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.
Psalms 74:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. They have said in their heart, Let us destroy them all together. To express the more forcibly the atrocious cruelty of the enemies of the Church, the prophet introduces them speaking toge...
Psalms 74:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. Let us destroy them - Their object was totally to annihilate the political existenc...
Psalms 74:8 - 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 74:8 - 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 74:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All the synagogues of God in the land. — This expression excludes from moed either of the meanings possible for it in Psalms 74:4 , “the Temple” or “the assembly.” Buildings, and these places of...
Psalms 74:8 - 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 74:8 - 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 74:8 - 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 74:8 - 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 74:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They said in their hearts, let us destroy them together ,.... The Targum is, "their children, are together;'' or "their kindred", as the Septuagint Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions, ta...
Psalms 74:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. Ver. 8. Let us destroy them together ] "Them," that is, the saints; let us prey...
Psalms 74:8 - 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 74:8 - 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 74:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Destroy them together, root and branch, one as well as another, or all at once. So they desired, and many of them intended, although afterwards, it seems, they changed their counsel, and carried so...
Psalms 74:8 - 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 74:8 - 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 74:8 - 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 74:8 - 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 74:8 - 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 74:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 17:9 ; 2 Kings 2:3 ; 2 Kings 2:5 ; 2 Kings 4:23 ; Esther 3:8 ; Esther 3:9 ; Matthew 4:23 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 83:4
Psalms 74:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Destroy them — All at once. So they intended, although afterwards they changed their council, and carried some away captive. Burnt up — All the public places wherein the Jews used to meet together...

Psalms 74:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 74:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 74:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 74:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 74:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 74:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 74:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 74:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 74:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 74:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 74:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 74:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 74:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 74:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 74:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes