Psa 74:2-7 | JFB | STEP | 2. The terms to denote God's relation to His people increase in force: "congregation"-- "purchased"--"redeemed"--"Zion," His dwelling.

‏ Psalms 74:2-7

2. The terms to denote God's relation to His people increase in force: "congregation"--"purchased"--"redeemed"--"Zion," His dwelling.

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

4. roar--with bestial fury.

congregations--literally, "worshipping assemblies."

ensigns--literally, "signs"--substituted their idolatrous objects, or tokens of authority, for those articles of the temple which denoted God's presence.

5-6. Though some terms and clauses here are very obscure, the general sense is that the spoilers destroyed the beauties of the temple with the violence of woodmen.

was famous--literally, "was known."

7. defiled--or, "profaned," as in Psa 89:39.