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href="/nlt/psalms/74.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They swung their axes like woodcutters in a forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/74.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They were like those who swing axes in a forest of trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/74.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/74.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>A man</i> was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/74.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They seem like men who lift up Axes among the thick trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/74.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />It seems like one bringing up <i>His</i> axe into a forest of trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/74.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />It seems as if one had lifted up His axe in a forest of trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/74.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />It seems as if one had lifted up <i>His</i> axe in a forest of trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/74.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Each seems like one who lifts up An axe against the undergrowth of trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/74.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />It seems as if one had lifted up An axe in a forest of trees [to set a record of destruction].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/74.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />It was like men in a thicket of trees, wielding axes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/74.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />It was like men in a thicket of trees, wielding axes, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/74.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/74.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />It looks like a forest chopped to pieces. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/74.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />They seemed as men that lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/74.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Starting from its entrance, they hacked away like a woodcutter in a forest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/74.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They looked like woodsmen cutting down trees with their axes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/74.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As one blazes a trail through a forest with an ax,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/74.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/74.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/74.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/74.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/74.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/74.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He is known as one bringing in on high "" Against a thicket of wood—axes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/74.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/74.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />It will be known according to bringing the axes upwards upon the thicket of wood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/74.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />and they knew not both in the going out and on the highest top. As with axes in a wood of trees, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/74.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 73:5>as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/74.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They hacked away like a forester gathering boughs, swinging his ax in a thicket of trees. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/74.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />At the upper entrance they hacked the wooden trellis with axes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/74.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou knowest this as the exalted one who sits on high: they have hewn down the doors with axes as they would cut the trees of the forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/74.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you know as The Exalted One above.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/74.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />It seemed as when men wield upwards Axes in a thicket of trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/74.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />ignorantly as it were in the entrance above;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/74-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=9018" 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">4</span>Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs, <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yiw·wā·ḏa‘ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">like men</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: kə·mê·ḇî (Prep-k:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">wielding</a> <a href="/hebrew/7134.htm" title="7134: qar·dum·mō·wṯ (N-fp) -- An axe. Perhaps from qadam in the sense of striking upon; an axe.">axes</a> <a href="/hebrew/5442.htm" title="5442: bi·să·ḇāḵ- (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A thicket. From cabak, a copse.">in a thicket</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ (N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">of trees</a> <a href="/hebrew/4605.htm" title="4605: lə·mā·‘ə·lāh (Prep-l:: Adv:: 3fs) -- From alah; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc."></a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.…<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="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Isaiah 10:15</a></span><br />Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Jeremiah 46:22</a></span><br />Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/31-18.htm">Ezekiel 31:18</a></span><br />Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-8.htm">Isaiah 14:8</a></span><br />Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Isaiah 37:24</a></span><br />Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-23.htm">2 Kings 19:23</a></span><br />Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm">Isaiah 44:14</a></span><br />He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3-5</a></span><br />Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds. / The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field. / Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33-34</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. / He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12-13</a></span><br />For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— / against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm">Matthew 3:10</a></span><br />The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-9.htm">Luke 3:9</a></span><br />The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-6.htm">John 15:6</a></span><br />If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-21</a></span><br />Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. / You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-19.htm">Matthew 7:19</a></span><br />Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes on the thick trees.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">1 Kings 5:6</a></b></br> Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that <i>there is</i> not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/2-14.htm">2 Chronicles 2:14</a></b></br> The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father <i>was</i> a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Jeremiah 46:22,23</a></b></br> The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/6-5.htm">Axe</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-6.htm">Axes</a> <a href="/psalms/35-14.htm">Behaved</a> <a href="/psalms/52-2.htm">Blade</a> <a href="/psalms/44-2.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/esther/5-1.htm">Entrance</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-30.htm">Famous</a> <a href="/psalms/50-10.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/psalms/73-11.htm">High</a> <a href="/psalms/69-29.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/psalms/73-16.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/job/41-32.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/psalms/65-13.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/psalms/10-9.htm">Thicket</a> <a href="/psalms/29-9.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-32.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/job/5-7.htm">Upwards</a> <a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Wield</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/14-8.htm">Wielding</a> <a href="/job/41-27.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-21.htm">Wooden</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/74-6.htm">Axe</a> <a href="/psalms/74-6.htm">Axes</a> <a href="/psalms/106-6.htm">Behaved</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-20.htm">Blade</a> <a href="/psalms/78-31.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/psalms/104-19.htm">Entrance</a> <a href="/psalms/136-18.htm">Famous</a> <a href="/psalms/80-13.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/psalms/75-5.htm">High</a> <a href="/psalms/75-10.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-3.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-15.htm">Seems</a> <a href="/psalms/77-17.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Thicket</a> <a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/psalms/104-3.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-24.htm">Upwards</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Wield</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Wielding</a> <a href="/psalms/74-6.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-20.htm">Wooden</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'; 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In the Hebrew text, the word used here is "שָׁבַר" (shabar), which means to break or shatter. This word conveys not just physical destruction but also a sense of violation and desecration. Historically, this reflects the actions of invading forces who would often destroy sacred objects to demonstrate their power and to demoralize the conquered people. In a spiritual sense, this can be seen as an attack on the sanctity and holiness of God's dwelling place, symbolizing the broader spiritual warfare against God's people.<p><b>all the carved paneling</b><br />The "carved paneling" refers to the intricate and artistic woodwork that adorned the temple. In Hebrew, the word "פִּתּוּחַ" (pittuach) is used, which denotes engraved or carved work. This craftsmanship was not merely decorative but held significant religious and cultural value, representing the beauty and glory of God's house. The destruction of such detailed work signifies a deep loss, not only of physical beauty but also of cultural and spiritual heritage. Archaeologically, remnants of such craftsmanship have been found in ancient Near Eastern temples, underscoring their importance in religious architecture. Scripturally, this act of destruction can be seen as an affront to God Himself, as the temple was His dwelling place among His people. Theologically, it serves as a reminder of the vulnerability of earthly structures and the need for a faith that is rooted in the eternal and unshakeable presence of God.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/74.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) The Authorised Version, with the ancient versions, has entirely mistaken the meaning of this verse, though, unlike the LXX. and Vulgate, it has the merit of being intelligible. Literally the words run, <span class= "ital">he </span>(or <span class= "ital">it</span>)<span class= "ital"> is known like one causing to come in on high against the thicket of trees axes, </span>which is generally understood, <span class= "ital">it seems as if men were lifting up axes against a thicket of trees. </span>The ruthless destroyers go to work like woodcutters in a forest--the carved pillars are no more than so many trees to fell. But though this is intelligible, it does not read like Hebrew, and the contrast apparently intended between the <span class= "ital">signs </span>of the heathen and the <span class= "ital">signs </span>of Israel in <a href="/psalms/74-9.htm" title="We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knows how long.">Psalm 74:9</a> is not preserved. If, with the LXX., we read the verb in the plural, <span class= "ital">are known </span>instead of <span class= "ital">is known, </span>and supply the subject from the last clause, we get this contrast clearly brought out:<p>"They have set up their idols as signs,<p>They (these signs) are known in the lifting up on high."<p>"These visible idols are easily seen and recognised as soon as set up, but (<a href="/psalms/74-9.htm" title="We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knows how long.">Psalm 74:9</a>) we see not our signs."<p><span class= "bld">According as . . .</span>--We have now, as so frequently, to supply the sign of comparison, and this clause with the next verse runs plainly enough--<p>"As in a thicket of trees with axes,<p>So now they break down all the carved work thereof with<p>axes and hammers." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/74.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees;</span> rather, <span class="accented">they seemed as men that plied aloft hatchets in a thicket of trees</span> (so Kay, Canon Cook, Professor Cheyne, and the Revised Version); <span class="accented">i.e.</span> they plied their hatchets with as little reverence as if they had been hewing timber in a copse of wood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/74-5.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">like men</span><br /><span class="heb">יִ֭וָּדַע</span> <span class="translit">(yiw·wā·ḏa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wielding</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּמֵבִ֣יא</span> <span class="translit">(kə·mê·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">axes,</span><br /><span class="heb">קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(qar·dum·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7134.htm">Strong's 7134: </a> </span><span class="str2">An axe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a thicket</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּֽסֲבָךְ־</span> <span class="translit">(bi·să·ḇāḵ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5442.htm">Strong's 5442: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thicket</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of trees,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֝֗ץ</span> <span class="translit">(‘êṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tree, trees, wood</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/74-5.htm">Psalm 74:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/74-5.htm">Psalm 74:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/74-5.htm">Psalm 74:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/74-5.htm">Psalm 74:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/74-5.htm">Psalm 74:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/74-5.htm">Psalm 74:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/74-5.htm">Psalm 74:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/74-5.htm">Psalm 74:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/74-5.htm">Psalm 74:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/74-5.htm">Psalm 74:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/74-5.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 74:5 They behaved like men wielding axes cutting (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/74-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 74:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 74:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/74-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 74:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 74:6" /></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>