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they set up their standards as signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/74.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />There your enemies shouted their victorious battle cries; there they set up their battle standards.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/74.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your foes have roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their own signs for signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/74.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/74.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns <i>for</i> signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/74.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place; They set up their banners <i>for</i> signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/74.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own signs as signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/74.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own standards for signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/74.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting place; They have set up their own standards for signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/74.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own signs for signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/74.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />In the midst of Your meeting place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; They have set up their own emblems for signs [of victory].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/74.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your adversaries roared in the meeting place where you met with us. They set up their emblems as signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/74.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your adversaries roared in the meeting place where You met with us. They set up their emblems as signs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/74.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/74.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your enemies roared like lions in your holy temple, and they have placed their banners there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/74.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; they have set up their ensigns for signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/74.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your opponents have roared inside your meeting place. They have set up their own emblems as symbols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/74.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Your enemies have shouted in triumph in your Temple; they have placed their flags there as signs of victory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/74.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/74.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/74.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your enemies roar in the middle of your sanctuary; they set up their battle flags. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/74.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your adversaries have roared in the midst of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/74.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thy enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/74.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your adversaries have roared in the middle of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/74.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Your adversaries have roared, "" In the midst of Your meeting-places, "" They have set their ensigns as ensigns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/74.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/74.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thine enemies roared in the midst of thine appointment; they set their signs, signs.<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 that hate thee have made their boasts, in the midst of thy solemnity. They have set up their ensigns for signs, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/74.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 73:4>And those who hate you have been glorified, in the midst of your solemnity. They have set up their own signs as a proof,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/74.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your foes roared triumphantly in the place of your assembly; they set up their own tokens of victory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/74.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your foes have roared within your holy place; they set up their emblems there.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/74.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thine enemies exalted themselves in the midst of thy feasts; they set up their banners for signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/74.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Your enemies are boisterous within your assembly day; they have made their ensigns the signs.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/74.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; They have set up their own signs for signs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/74.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast; they have set up their standards for signs,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/74-4.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=9011" 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">3</span>Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887: ṣō·rə·re·ḵā (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2ms) -- A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">Your foes</a> <a href="/hebrew/7580.htm" title="7580: šā·’ă·ḡū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To roar. A primitive root; to rumble or moan.">have roared</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: bə·qe·reḇ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">within</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: mō·w·‘ă·ḏe·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">Your meeting place;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: śā·mū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">they have unfurled</a> <a href="/hebrew/226.htm" title="226: ’ō·w·ṯō·ṯām (N-cpc:: 3mp) -- A sign. Probably from 'uwth; a signal, as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.">their banners</a> <a href="/hebrew/226.htm" title="226: ’ō·ṯō·wṯ (N-cp) -- A sign. Probably from 'uwth; a signal, as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.">as signs,</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees…<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="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Jeremiah 7:30</a></span><br />For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-5.htm">Ezekiel 8:5-6</a></span><br />“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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/21-4.htm">2 Kings 21:4-5</a></span><br />Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-12.htm">2 Kings 23:12</a></span><br />He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-4.htm">2 Chronicles 33:4-5</a></span><br />Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” / In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18</a></span><br />For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/8-11.htm">Daniel 8:11-12</a></span><br />It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary. / And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Matthew 24:15</a></span><br />So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-14.htm">Mark 13:14</a></span><br />So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20</a></span><br />But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.<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="/acts/21-28.htm">Acts 21:28</a></span><br />crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16-17</a></span><br />Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3-4</a></span><br />Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed. / He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your enemies roar in the middle of your congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.</p><p class="hdg">thine</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17</a></b></br> Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave <i>them</i> all into his hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Lamentations 2:7</a></b></br> The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/13-1.htm">Luke 13:1</a></b></br> There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.</p><p class="hdg">they set</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">Jeremiah 6:1-5</a></b></br> O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/6-27.htm">Daniel 6:27</a></b></br> He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Matthew 24:15</a></b></br> When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/71-13.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/psalms/74-2.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/psalms/68-26.htm">Congregations</a> <a href="/psalms/72-9.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/numbers/2-2.htm">Ensigns</a> <a href="/psalms/72-9.htm">Foes</a> <a href="/psalms/74-3.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/psalms/58-6.htm">Lions</a> <a href="/psalms/68-26.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/job/30-23.htm">Meeting-Place</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-21.htm">Meeting-Places</a> <a href="/psalms/48-4.htm">Met</a> <a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/psalms/46-3.htm">Roar</a> <a href="/psalms/38-8.htm">Roared</a> <a href="/psalms/65-10.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/psalms/65-8.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/psalms/20-5.htm">Standards</a> <a href="/psalms/47-1.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/psalms/74-2.htm">Worshippers</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/74-23.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/psalms/74-8.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-33.htm">Congregations</a> <a href="/psalms/74-23.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/psalms/74-9.htm">Ensigns</a> <a href="/psalms/74-23.htm">Foes</a> <a href="/psalms/74-7.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/psalms/104-21.htm">Lions</a> <a href="/psalms/74-8.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/psalms/82-1.htm">Meeting-Place</a> <a href="/psalms/74-8.htm">Meeting-Places</a> <a href="/psalms/85-10.htm">Met</a> <a href="/psalms/74-11.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/psalms/83-2.htm">Roar</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-15.htm">Roared</a> <a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/psalms/74-9.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-27.htm">Standards</a> <a href="/psalms/93-3.htm">Voices</a> <a href="/psalms/85-9.htm">Worshippers</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 is "אֹיְבֶיךָ" (oyvecha), which denotes hostility and enmity. Historically, this can be seen as a reference to the nations or groups that opposed Israel, God's chosen people. From a spiritual perspective, it represents the forces that stand against God's purposes and His church. The presence of foes within the sacred space signifies a deep violation of what is holy and set apart for God.<p><b>have roared</b><br />The Hebrew word "שָׁאֲגוּ" (sha'agu) conveys a sense of loud, tumultuous noise, akin to the roaring of a lion. This imagery suggests aggression and intimidation, as if the enemies are asserting dominance and instilling fear. The roaring within the sacred precincts of God's meeting place is a direct affront to His sovereignty and a challenge to His authority. It reflects the chaos and disorder that ensues when God's presence is not honored.<p><b>within Your meeting place</b><br />The "meeting place" refers to the sanctuary or temple, a sacred space where God was worshiped and His presence dwelt among His people. In Hebrew, this is "מוֹעֲדֶךָ" (mo'adecha), which can also mean appointed place or time. The desecration of this holy site by enemies is a profound act of sacrilege, symbolizing a breach in the covenant relationship between God and His people. It underscores the gravity of the situation, as the very heart of worship and divine encounter is under attack.<p><b>they have set up their banners</b><br />Banners, or "אוֹתֹתָם" (ototam) in Hebrew, were symbols of identity and allegiance, often used in military contexts to signify victory or occupation. The setting up of banners within God's meeting place indicates a claim of ownership and a declaration of triumph over the sacred. This act of placing foreign symbols in a holy space is a stark representation of spiritual warfare, where the forces opposed to God seek to assert their influence and control.<p><b>as signs</b><br />The word "signs" in Hebrew is "לְאֹתוֹת" (le'otot), which can mean symbols or tokens. In the biblical context, signs often serve as reminders or indicators of divine action or presence. Here, however, the signs are those of the enemies, representing a perversion of their intended purpose. Instead of pointing to God's glory and covenant, they signify defiance and desecration. This inversion of meaning highlights the depth of the crisis faced by the psalmist, as the sacred is profaned and the divine order is challenged.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/74.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Thine enemies . . .</span>--As the text stands, render, <span class= "ital">Thine enemies have roared in the midst of thine assembly, </span>but many MSS. have the plural as in <a href="/psalms/74-8.htm" title="They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.">Psalm 74:8</a>, where see Note for the meaning of the word.<p>For "roared," see <a href="/psalms/22-1.htm" title="My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?">Psalm 22:1</a>, Note, and comp. <a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm" title="The LORD has cast off his altar, he has abhorred his sanctuary, he has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.">Lamentations 2:7</a>, where a similar scene is described. Instead of the voices of priest and choir, there have been heard the brutal cries of the heathen as they shouted at their work of destruction like lions roaring over their prey; or if, as some think, the reference in the next clause is to military ensigns, we have a picture of a wild soldiery exulting round the emblem of their triumph.<p><span class= "bld">They set up their ensigns for signs.</span>--The Hebrew for <span class= "ital">ensigns </span>and <span class= "ital">signs </span>is the same. Possibly the poet meant to have written some word meaning <span class= "ital">idols, </span>but avoids it from dislike of mentioning the abominable things, and instead of <span class= "ital">places their idols as signs, </span>writes<span class= "bld">, </span><span class= "ital">places their signs as signs.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/74.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations;</span> or, <span class="accented">have roared</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> have created disturbances, or raised tumults. The temple did not pass into the enemy's hands without fighting and bloodshed; the battlecry of the assailants and their shouts of triumph when victorious resounded through it (comp. <a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Lamentations 2:7</a>) <span class="cmt_word">They set up their ensigns for signs.</span> Probably for tokens of victory and dominion. Scarcely as objects of worship, since their intention was to destroy the temple and leave Jerusalem desolate. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/74-4.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">Your foes</span><br /><span class="heb">צֹ֭רְרֶיךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ṣō·rə·re·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6887.htm">Strong's 6887: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have roared</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁאֲג֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(šā·’ă·ḡū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7580.htm">Strong's 7580: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rumble, moan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">within</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקֶ֣רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nearest part, the center</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your meeting place;</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹעֲדֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·‘ă·ḏe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> </span><span class="str2">Appointed time, place, or meeting</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they have unfurled</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂ֖מוּ</span> <span class="translit">(śā·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their banners</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹתֹתָ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·ṯō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_226.htm">Strong's 226: </a> </span><span class="str2">A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as signs,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_226.htm">Strong's 226: </a> </span><span class="str2">A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/74-4.htm">Psalm 74:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/74-4.htm">Psalm 74:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/74-4.htm">Psalm 74:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/74-4.htm">Psalm 74:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/74-4.htm">Psalm 74:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/74-4.htm">Psalm 74:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/74-4.htm">Psalm 74:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/74-4.htm">Psalm 74:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/74-4.htm">Psalm 74:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/74-4.htm">Psalm 74:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/74-4.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 74:4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/74-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 74:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 74:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/74-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 74:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 74:5" /></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>