Psalms 74 · Verse 3

Psalms 74:3

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Psalms 74:3, King James Version

Psalms 74:3 in other translations

BSBTurn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
WEBLift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
ASVLift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
YLTLift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
DARBYLift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.
BBEGo up and see the unending destruction; all the evil which your haters have done in the holy place;
WebsterLift up thy feet to the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

What does Psalms 74:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. Lift ... feet--(Ge 29:1)--that is, Come (to behold) the desolations (Psa 73:19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Lift up thy feet - Arise, and return to us, our desolations still continue. Thy sanctuary is profaned by thine and our enemies.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 74:1-11

This psalm appears to describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Chaldeans. The deplorable case of the people of God, at the time, is spread before the Lord, and left with him. They plead the great things God had done for them. If the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt was encouragement to hope that he would not cast them off, much more reason have we to believe, that God will not cast off any whom…

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Psalms 74:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הָרִ֣ימָהha.Ri.mahlift up !H7311
פְ֭עָמֶיךָFe.'a.mei.khafootsteps yourH6471
לְמַשֻּׁא֣וֹתle.ma.shu.'otto [the] ruins ofH4876
נֶ֑צַחNe.tzachperpetuityH5331
כָּל\־kol-everythingH3605
הֵרַ֖עhe.Ra'he has done harm toH7489
אוֹיֵ֣ב'o.Yev[the] enemyH341
בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ\׃ba.Ko.deshin the sanctuaryH6944

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 74:3

  • Lamentations 1:10

    The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

  • Psalms 79:1

    A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

  • Daniel 9:17

    Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.

  • Luke 21:24

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

  • Mark 11:17

    And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

  • Isaiah 64:10-11

    Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

  • Daniel 11:31

    And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

  • Jeremiah 52:13

    And burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

  • Micah 3:12

    Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

  • Isaiah 61:4

    And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

  • Daniel 9:27

    And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

  • 2 Samuel 22:39-43

    And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lift.
44:23,26; Jos 10:24; 2Sa 22:39-43; Isa 10:6; 25:10; 63:3-6; Mic 1:3
the perpetual.
102:13,14; Ne 1:3; 2:3,13; Isa 64:10,11; Da 9:17; Mic 3:12
Lu 21:24; Re 11:2
all.
79:1; Jer 52:13; La 1:10; Da 8:11-14; 9:27; 11:31; Mr 11:17

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Context

  • 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 74:4

    Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

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Psalms 74:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Levanta tus pies á los asolamientos eternos: á todo enemigo que ha hecho mal en el santuario.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Élève tes pas vers les ruines perpétuelles; l’ennemi a tout saccagé dans le lieu saint.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Erhebe deine Tritte zu den immerwährenden Trümmern! Alles im Heiligtum hat der Feind verderbt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cum accepero tempus, ego justitias judicabo.