Psalms 74:4

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
enemies	צֹ֭רְרֶיךָ Tzo.re.rei.kha	H6887	to cramp · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
roar	שָׁאֲג֣וּ sha.'a.Gu	H7580	to rumble or moan · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
midst	בְּקֶ֣רֶב be.Ke.rev	H7130	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
congregations	מוֹעֲדֶ֑ךָ mo.'a.De.kha	H4150	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
up	שָׂ֖מוּ Sa.mu	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
ensigns	אוֹתֹתָ֣ם 'o.to.Tam	H226	a signal (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
signs	אֹתֽוֹת 'o.Tot	H226	a signal (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Lamentations 2:7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they…
Matthew 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him…
Numbers 2:2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle o…
2 Chronicles 36:17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no…
Daniel 6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
Jeremiah 6:1-5 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire…
Luke 13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Luke 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:1-11

This psalm is entitled Maschil - a psalm to give instruction, for it was penned in a day of affliction, which is intended for instruction; and this instruction in general it gives us, That when we are, upon any account, in distress, it is our wisdom and duty to apply to God by faithful and fervent prayer, and we shall not find it in vain to do so. Three things the people of God here complain of: - I. The displeasure of God against them, as that which was the cause and bitterness of all their calamities. They look above the instruments of their trouble, who, they knew, could have no power against them unless it were given them from above, and keep their eye upon God, by whose determined coun…

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John Gill on Psalms 74:4

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations,.... Particular churches, gathered out of the world in Gospel order, and which meet together at particular times and places; in the midst of these, and against them their enemies, and who are the Lord's enemies, roar like lions, as Satan, and bloody persecutors, and particularly antichrist, whose mouth is the mouth of a lion, which is opened in blasphemy against God and his people, Revelation 13:2, they set up their ensigns for signs; or "signs", "signs", false ones for true ones; meaning either military signs, as the Roman eagle, set as signs and trophies of victory; or idolatrous statues and images, such an one as Antiochus brought into…

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John Calvin on Psalms 74:1-8

Psalm 74:1-8 1. O God! why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thy anger smoke against the flock of thy pastures? 2. Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed of old, the rod of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed, this mount Zion on which thou hast dwelt. 3. Lift up thy strokes to destroy for ever every enemy that worketh mischief to thy sanctuary. 4. Thy adversaries have roared [213] in the midst of thy sanctuaries; they have set up their signs for signs. 5. He who lifted up the axes upon the thick trees was renowned as doing an excellent work. 6. And now they break in pieces the carved work thereof with axes and hammers together. 7. They have set on fire thy sanctuar…

The Church Fathers

"And all they have boasted, that hate You" [Psalm 74:4]. Observe the servants of demons, the servants of idols: such as at that time the Gentiles were, when they overthrew the temple and city of God, "and they boasted." "In the midst of Your festival." Remember what I said, that Jerusalem was overthrown at the time when the very festival was being celebrated: at which festival they crucified the Lord. Gathered together they raged, gathered together they perished.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 74

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Dictionary and topics

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Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 74:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:1-11

John Gill on Psalms 74:4

John Calvin on Psalms 74:1-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 74:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:1-11

John Gill on Psalms 74:4

John Calvin on Psalms 74:1-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 74:4-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 74:3-8

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 74:4