Psalms 74:5
hacking, like woodsmen who lift axes on thickets of trees,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
In Context
4Like lions your enemies roared through your house, replacing our symbols by signs of their own,
6smashing with hatchets and hammers all of its carved work together.
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 →