Psalms 74:8

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

Related Commentaries of 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, towe...
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 anot...
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...
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....
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...
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 objec...
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

Synagogues ] The mention of these points to the later date for the Ps., as they only arose after the return from the Babylonian exile.
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”...
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

They said in their hearts, let us destroy them together ,.... The Targum is, "their children, are together;'' or "their kindred", as the Septuagin...
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 to...
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 co...
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

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...
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

Title. Maschil of Asaph; that is, instruction, as Psalms 32 . The EDDA is the title of the Icelandic poem, which also signifies instruction. This...
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 Biblical Illustrator

They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. The synagogues of God We do not know the precise circumstances under which this psal...
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 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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together, bringing the believers into subjection with cruelty and violence; they have burned up all t...
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 pub...

⁸ They said in their hearts, Let us destroyc them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 74:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 74:8