Logos Bible Study

Psalm 74:3–4

The NET BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

74:3Hurry and look6 at the permanent ruins,

and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple!7

74:4Your enemies roar8 in the middle of your sanctuary;9

they set up their battle flags.10

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 6 Heb “lift up your steps to,” which may mean “run, hurry.”
  2. 7 Heb “everything [the] enemy has damaged in the holy place.”
  3. 8 This verb is often used of a lion’s roar, so the psalmist may be comparing the enemy to a raging, devouring lion.
  4. 9 Heb “your meeting place.”
  5. 10 Heb “they set up their banners [as] banners.” The Hebrew noun אוֹת (’ot, “sign”) here refers to the enemy army’s battle flags and banners (see Num 2:12).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;

the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!

Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place;

they set up their own signs for signs.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,

all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

Your foes roared in the place where you met with us;

they set up their standards as signs.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Make your way to the perpetual ruins,

to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.

Your adversaries roared in the meeting place

where you met with us.

They set up their emblems as signs.

NLTNew Living Translation

Walk through the awful ruins of the city;

see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.

There your enemies shouted their victorious battle cries;

there they set up their battle standards.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Lift your steps to the perpetual ruins,

to all that the enemy has ruined in the sanctuary.

Your enemies have roared in the midst of your meeting place;

they have set up their signs for signs.

KJV 1900King James Version

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations;

Even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations;

They set up their ensigns for signs.