Psalms 74:5
They seemed as men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
In Context
6And now they break down all the carved work of it with hatchet and hammers.
Cross References
1 Kings 5:6Now therefore command thou that they cut for me cedar trees out of Lebanon. And my servants shall be with thy servants. And I will give thee wages for thy servants according to all that thou shall say, for thou know that there is n
Jeremiah 46:22The sound thereof shall go like the serpent, for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:2-12
Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5 A man was famous… Read the whole commentary →