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see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/74.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/74.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/74.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; <i>even</i> all <i>that</i> the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/74.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations. The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/74.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Step toward the irreparable ruins; The enemy has damaged everything in the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/74.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/74.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Turn Thy footsteps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/74.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Lift up Your steps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/74.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Turn your footsteps [quickly] toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/74.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Make your way to the perpetual ruins, to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/74.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Make Your way to the everlasting ruins, to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/74.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/74.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />walk over to the temple left in ruins forever by those who hate us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/74.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/74.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Turn your steps toward these pathetic ruins. The enemy has destroyed everything in the holy temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/74.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Walk over these total ruins; our enemies have destroyed everything in the Temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/74.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Hurry! Look at the permanent ruins— every calamity the enemy brought upon the Holy Place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/74.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/74.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Hurry and look at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/74.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/74.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Lift up thy feet to the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/74.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Lift up your feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/74.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Lift up Your steps to the continuous desolations, "" Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/74.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/74.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Lift up thy steps to desolations forever; all the evil of the enemy in the holy place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/74.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Lift up thy hands against their pride unto the end; see what things the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/74.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 73:3>Lift up your hands against their arrogance in the end. How great the malice of the enemy has been in the sanctuary!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/74.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Direct your steps toward the utter destruction, everything the enemy laid waste in the sanctuary. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/74.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/74.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Exalt thy servants over those who are carried away by power; all those who oppress are enemies of thy sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/74.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Lift your Servants above those who are taken by your might: everyone who oppresses is the enemy of your Holiness.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/74.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, Even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/74.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Lift up thine hands against their pride continually; <i>because of</i> all that the enemy has done wickedly in thy holy places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/74-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9002" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/74.htm">Why Have You Rejected Us Forever?</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion where You dwell. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: hā·rî·māh (V-Hifil-Imp-ms:: 3fs) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">Turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/6471.htm" title="6471: p̄ə·‘ā·me·ḵā (N-fpc:: 2ms) -- A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence. Or pa;amah; from pa'am; a stroke, literally or figuratively.">Your steps</a> <a href="/hebrew/5331.htm" title="5331: ne·ṣaḥ (N-ms) -- Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity. ">to the everlasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/4876.htm" title="4876: lə·maš·šu·’ō·wṯ (Prep-l:: N-fpc) -- Perhaps deceptions. Or mashshu ah; for mshow'ah; ruin.">ruins,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">to everything</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: baq·qō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">in the sanctuary</a> <a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: ’ō·w·yêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">the enemy</a> <a href="/hebrew/7489.htm" title="7489: hê·ra‘ (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to spoil; figuratively, to make good for nothing, i.e. Bad.">has destroyed.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Lamentations 2:7</a></span><br />The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-9.htm">2 Kings 25:9</a></span><br />He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-13.htm">Jeremiah 52:13</a></span><br />He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-19.htm">2 Chronicles 36:19</a></span><br />Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm">Isaiah 64:10-11</a></span><br />Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. / Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Nehemiah 2:3</a></span><br />and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Ezekiel 7:20-22</a></span><br />His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them. / And I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them. / I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-17.htm">Daniel 9:17</a></span><br />So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-9.htm">Joel 1:9-10</a></span><br />Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD. / The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a></span><br />“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-2.htm">Mark 13:2</a></span><br />“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-6.htm">Luke 21:6</a></span><br />“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/6-13.htm">Acts 6:13-14</a></span><br />where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. / For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-11.htm">Hebrews 10:11</a></span><br />Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Lift up your feet to the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy has done wickedly in the sanctuary.</p><p class="hdg">lift</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-23.htm">Psalm 44:23,26</a></b></br> Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast <i>us</i> not off for ever… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/10-24.htm">Joshua 10:24</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/22-39.htm">2 Samuel 22:39-43</a></b></br> And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet… </p><p class="hdg">the perpetual</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/102-13.htm">Psalm 102:13,14</a></b></br> Thou shalt arise, <i>and</i> have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3</a></b></br> And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province <i>are</i> in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also <i>is</i> broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Nehemiah 2:3,13</a></b></br> And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, <i>lieth</i> waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? … </p><p class="hdg">all</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Psalm 79:1</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/52-13.htm">Jeremiah 52:13</a></b></br> 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 <i>men</i>, burned he with fire:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/1-10.htm">Lamentations 1:10</a></b></br> The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen <i>that</i> the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command <i>that</i> they should not enter into thy congregation.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezra/4-14.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Desolations</a> <a href="/psalms/73-27.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/psalms/73-27.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/32-8.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/psalms/64-1.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/psalms/52-5.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/psalms/73-8.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/psalms/65-11.htm">Footsteps</a> <a href="/psalms/72-9.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/psalms/73-17.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/psalms/68-4.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/psalms/9-6.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/psalms/73-17.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/psalms/73-2.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/psalms/73-10.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-40.htm">Unending</a> <a href="/psalms/73-8.htm">Wickedly</a> <a href="/psalms/73-21.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">Desolations</a> <a href="/psalms/78-38.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/psalms/78-45.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/118-27.htm">Direct</a> <a href="/psalms/74-10.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/psalms/76-4.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/psalms/74-18.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/psalms/91-13.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/psalms/77-19.htm">Footsteps</a> <a href="/psalms/74-18.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/psalms/74-4.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/psalms/75-4.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/psalms/78-66.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/psalms/79-1.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/psalms/74-7.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/psalms/85-13.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/psalms/74-21.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-15.htm">Unending</a> <a href="/psalms/106-6.htm">Wickedly</a> <a href="/psalms/74-11.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 74</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/74-1.htm">The prophet complains of the desolation of the sanctuary</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/74-10.htm">He moves God to help in consideration of his power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/74-18.htm">Of his reproachful enemies, or his children and of his covenant.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/74.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/74.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Turn Your steps</b><br>This phrase is a plea for God to direct His attention and presence towards the situation at hand. In biblical context, asking God to "turn" His steps implies a desire for divine intervention and guidance. The psalmist is invoking God's active involvement, reminiscent of other scriptures where God is asked to "turn" or "return" to His people, such as in <a href="/psalms/80-14.htm">Psalm 80:14</a>. This reflects a deep yearning for God's presence and action in times of distress.<p><b>to the everlasting ruins</b><br>The "everlasting ruins" refer to the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, a central place of worship for the Israelites. Historically, this could be linked to the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC. The term "everlasting" emphasizes the severity and perceived permanence of the devastation. Archaeological evidence supports the extensive destruction of Jerusalem during this period, highlighting the psalmist's lament over the loss of a sacred space that was meant to be eternal.<p><b>to everything in the sanctuary</b><br>The sanctuary, or the holy place, was the heart of Israelite worship, housing sacred objects like the Ark of the Covenant. The destruction of the sanctuary signifies a profound spiritual and cultural loss. This phrase underscores the desecration of what was considered holy and set apart for God. The sanctuary's destruction is a recurring theme in lamentations and prophecies, such as in <a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Lamentations 2:7</a>, where the defilement of sacred spaces is mourned.<p><b>the enemy has destroyed</b><br>The "enemy" here is likely the Babylonians, who were instruments of God's judgment against Israel for their disobedience, as prophesied in books like Jeremiah. This destruction is not just a physical act but also a spiritual assault on the people of God. Theologically, it reflects the consequences of turning away from God's covenant. The destruction by enemies is a motif seen throughout the Old Testament, where foreign nations are often used to discipline Israel, yet there is always a promise of eventual restoration and hope, as seen in prophecies like <a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">Isaiah 61:4</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/asaph.htm">Asaph</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/74.htm">Psalm 74</a>, Asaph was a Levite and one of King David's chief musicians. He is known for his role in temple worship and his contributions to the Psalms.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sanctuary.htm">Sanctuary</a></b><br>Refers to the holy place of worship, likely the Temple in Jerusalem, which was central to Israelite worship and the presence of God among His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemy.htm">Enemy</a></b><br>Represents the foreign invaders or oppressors who have desecrated the sanctuary, possibly the Babylonians during the destruction of Jerusalem.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/everlasting_ruins.htm">Everlasting Ruins</a></b><br>Symbolizes the profound and seemingly permanent destruction of the Temple, which was a devastating event for the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The psalmist is addressing God, pleading for His intervention and restoration of the sanctuary.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_desolation.htm">God's Presence in Desolation</a></b><br>Even in times of destruction and despair, God is present. The psalmist's plea for God to "turn Your steps" reminds us that God is attentive to our cries and aware of our circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_the_sanctuary.htm">The Importance of the Sanctuary</a></b><br>The sanctuary was central to Israel's identity and worship. Its destruction was not just physical but spiritual. Today, we must value our places of worship and the community they foster.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite the devastation, the psalmist trusts in God's ability to restore. We are called to trust in God's sovereignty and His power to bring restoration in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/lament_as_a_form_of_worship.htm">Lament as a Form of Worship</a></b><br>Lament is a valid and important form of worship. It allows us to express our grief and seek God's intervention, demonstrating our dependence on Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a></b><br>The psalmist's plea is rooted in hope for restoration. As believers, we hold onto the promise of God's ultimate restoration through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_74.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 74</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_74_3_fit_with_586_bce.htm">In Psalm 74:3, how do we reconcile the psalm’s reference to the destruction of the sanctuary with uncertain dating that some scholars place centuries later than the temple’s fall in 586 BCE? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_zophar_with_psalm_73.htm">How do we reconcile Zophar's rigid cause-and-effect theology in Job 20 with other biblical passages (like Psalm 73) that acknowledge the prosperity of the wicked without immediate judgment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_psalm_74_9_and_other_texts_align.htm">In Psalm 74:9, the claim of having no prophet conflicts with other biblical texts that record active prophets around that era--how can both accounts be true?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_we_reconcile_prosperity_paradox.htm">Psalm 73:3 says the wicked prosper, yet other passages (e.g., Psalm 1:3) promise prosperity for the righteous--how do we reconcile this contradiction?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/74.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Lift up thy feet.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">Lift thy steps. </span>A poetical expression. God is invoked to hasten to view the desolation of the Temple. A somewhat similar expression will be found in <a href="/genesis/29-1.htm" title="Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.">Genesis 29:1</a> (margin).<p><span class= "bld">Perpetual desolations.</span>--The word rendered "desolations" occurs also in <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm" title="Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction.">Psalm 73:18</a>, where it is rendered "destruction." Here, perhaps, we should render <span class= "ital">ruins which must be ever ruins, </span>or <span class= "ital">complete ruins, </span>or possibly, taking the first meaning of <span class= "ital">netsach, ruins of splendour. </span><a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm" title="But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.">Isaiah 11:4</a> does not offer a parallel, since the Hebrew is different, and plainly refers to the long time the places have been in ruins.<p><span class= "bld">Even all . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">the enemy hath devastated all in the holy place. </span><a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/1-38.htm" title="Insomuch that the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them: whereupon the city was made an habitation of strangers, and became strange to those that were born in her; and her own children left her.">1 Maccabees 1:38-40</a>; <a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/3-45.htm" title="Now Jerusalem lay void as a wilderness, there was none of her children that went in or out: the sanctuary also was trodden down, and aliens kept the strong hold; the heathen had their habitation in that place; and joy was taken from Jacob, and the pipe with the harp ceased.">1 Maccabees 3:45</a> ("Now Jerusalem lay void as a wilderness") give the best explanation of the verse, descriptive, as it is, of the condition of the whole of Zion. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/74.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations;</span> or, <span class="accented">the perpetual ruins.</span> 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 that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. The Babylonians had plundered the temple of all its treasures, breaking the precious Phoenician bronze work into pieces, and carrying off everything of value that was portable (<a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">2 Kings 25:13-17</a>). They had also "burnt the house of the Lord "(ver. 9), and "broken down the walls of Jerusalem" (ver. 10) and the walls of the temple to a large extent (see below, ver. 7). It is quite certain that neither Shishak nor the Syrians under Antiochus Epiphanes created any such devastation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/74-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Turn</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִ֣ימָה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rî·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be high actively, to rise, raise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your steps</span><br /><span class="heb">פְ֭עָמֶיךָ</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ə·‘ā·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6471.htm">Strong's 6471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the everlasting</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֑צַח</span> <span class="translit">(ne·ṣaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5331.htm">Strong's 5331: </a> </span><span class="str2">Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ruins,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַשֻּׁא֣וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·maš·šu·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4876.htm">Strong's 4876: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps deceptions</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to everything</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the sanctuary</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(baq·qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the enemy</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹיֵ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·yêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hating, an adversary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has destroyed.</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵרַ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(hê·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7489.htm">Strong's 7489: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/74-3.htm">Psalm 74:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/74-3.htm">Psalm 74:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/74-3.htm">Psalm 74:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/74-3.htm">Psalm 74:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/74-3.htm">Psalm 74:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/74-3.htm">Psalm 74:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/74-3.htm">Psalm 74:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/74-3.htm">Psalm 74:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/74-3.htm">Psalm 74:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/74-3.htm">Psalm 74:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/74-3.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 74:3 Lift up your feet to the perpetual (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/74-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 74:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 74:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/74-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 74:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 74:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>