Psalms 74:4
Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; they have set up their ensigns for signs.
Revised Version 1895
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 feet unto the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
5They seemed as men that lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore he brought upon 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 maiden, old man or ancient: he gave them all into his hand.
Lamentations 2:7The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
Matthew 24:15When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),
Luke 21:20But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.
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 →