Psalms 74:4
Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine appointed meeting, They have set their ensigns as tokens!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
In Context
3Lift up thy steps unto the places utterly unsafe, All the mischief!—the foe in the sanctuary!
5One used to be known according as he carried up high—into the thicket of trees—the axes;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:17So he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword, in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, elder or ancient,-all, delivered he into his hand.
Lamentations 2:7My Lord hath rejected his altar, hath abhorred his sanctuary, hath delivered, into the hand of the foe, the walls of her castles,—A voice, have they uttered in the house of Yahweh, as on the day of an appointed assembly.
Matthew 24:15Whensoever, therefore, ye shall see the abomination desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place,—he that readeth, let him think,
Luke 21:20But whensoever ye shall see Jerusalem, encompassed by armies, then, know, that her desolation hath drawn 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 →