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Psalms 74:3
Psalms 74:3
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Psalms 74 — OverviewPsalms 74 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis psalm does so particularly describe the destruction of Jerusalem
and the temple, by Nebuchadnezzar and the army of the Chaldeans, and
can so ill be applied to any other event we meet with in the Jewish…Psalms 74 — OverviewPsalms 74 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 74:1, The prophet complains of the desolation of the sanctuary; Psalms 74:10, He moves God to help in consideration of his power; Psalms 74:18, of his reproachful enemies, of his children, and of his covenant.…Psalms 74 — OverviewPsalms 74 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleMaschil of Asaph. Some think that Asaph, the penman of this psalm, was not the same that lived in the times of David, but some other of the same name, a descendant of his , that lived after the Babylonish captivity,…Psalms 74:1-11Psalms 74:1-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis psalm is entitled Maschil--a psalm to give instruction, for it was
penned in a day of affliction, which is intended for instruction; and
this instruction in general it gives us, That when we are, upon any…Psalms 74:1-23Psalms 74:1-23 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
"THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest". The psalmist describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" (Psalms 74:3). The temple is violated (Psalms 74:3); its carved work is ruthlessly cut down…Psalms 74:3Psalms 74:3 · The Pulpit CommentaryLift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; or, the perpetual ruins. God is asked to visit and protect, or else to visit and inspect, the desolate ruins with which the Babylonians have covered Mount Zion. Even all…
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