Translations
Modern
Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
Traditional
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Literal
Lift up Your steps to the perpetual desolations—to everything done wickedly by the enemy in the sanctuary!
Latin
Leva manus tuas in superbias eorum in finem: quanta malignatus est inimicus in sancto!
Original
Hebrew
English
Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
Notes
Like a guide, the psalmist points out to the Lord what took place during the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC.
The psalmist laments the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. This happened in 586 BC. The psalmist uses vivid imagery, asks questions, recalls fresh memories, and directly asks the Lord to act (Psalm 74:19–23).
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