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Psalms 74:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. "
Psalms 74:4
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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 according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
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Psalms 74:1
"O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?"
Psalms 74:2
"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."
Psalms 74:3
"Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary."
Psalms 74:5
"A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees."
Psalms 74:6
"But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers."
Psalms 74:7
"They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground."
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