Psalms 74:5
They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
In Context
4Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.
6Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.
Cross References
1 Kings 5:6So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.
Jeremiah 46:22She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.
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 →