Psalms 74:5

and they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

In Context

4And they that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs,

6they have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.

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Cross References

1 Kings 5:6Give orders therefore that thy servants cut me down cedar trees out of Libanus, and let my servants be with thy servants: and I will give thee the hire of thy servants whatsoever thou wilt ask, for thou knowest how there is not among my people a man that has skill to hew wood like to the Sidonians.

Jeremiah 46:22Her voice shall sound like brass, for they shall hasten with an army, and with axes they shall come against her, 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 →

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