Psalms 74:4

enemies. adversaries.

Thy congregations. Thine assembly.

their. Compare "our", Psalms 74:9.

ensigns for signs. signs as signs [for us].

signs. Same word as "ensigns" and "standard" in Numbers 2.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 74:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thine enemies roar - This refers to the shout and tumult of war. They raised up the war-cry even in the very place where the congregations had be...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they (c) set up their ensigns [for] signs. (c) They have destroyed your true religion, and spr...
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 t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 poin...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. Thine enemies roar - Thy people, who were formerly a dis...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thine enemies roar, &c.— i.e. "They triumph in those places where thy people formerly met to worship thee." See Psalms 74:7 . For signs, mea...
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 s...
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 cal...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Their ensigns ] either military standards or religious emblems: see 1Ma 1:47, 1Ma 1:54-55, 1Ma 1:59.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thine enemies... — As the text stands, render, Thine enemies have roared in the midst of thine assembly, but many MSS. have the plural as in Psa...
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...
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 Je...
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 deso...
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 Go...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations ,.... Particular churches, gathered out of the world in Gospel order, and which meet together a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs. Ver. 4. Thine enemies roar ] When they give the onset...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thine enemies roar Make loud outcries; either out of rage and fury against the conquered and captivated Israelites, now in their power; or rather,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mournful Complaints. Maschil of Asaph. 1 O God, why hast thou cast...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Roar, i.e. make loud outcries; either from their rage and fury against the conquered and captivated Israelites now in their power; or rather, in wa...
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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thine enemies roar in the midst of Thy congregations, in the place where God revealed Himself in the assembled congregation in His Word; they set up...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:17 ; Daniel 6:27 ; Jeremiah 6:1-5 ; Lamentations 2:7 ; Luke 13:1 ; Luke 21:20 ; Matthew 24:15 ; Revelation 13:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Roar — In a way of triumph. Midst, &c. — In the places where thy people used to assemble for thy worship. Set up — Monuments of their victory.

⁴ Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 74:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 74:4