Psalms 74:4
Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
In Context
3Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;
5They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:17So he sent against them the king of the Chaldaeans, who put their young men to death with the sword in the house of their holy place, and had no pity for any, young man or virgin, old man or white-haired: God gave them all into his hands.
Lamentations 2:7The Lord has given up his altar and has been turned in hate from his holy place; he has given up into the hands of the attacker the walls of her great houses: their voices have been loud in the house of the Lord as in the day of a holy meeting.
Matthew 24:15When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),
Luke 21:20But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near.
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 →