King James Version
Psalms 74:4 in the King James Version says “Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 74 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.”
Psalms 74:4 · KJV
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. rod: or, tribe
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“in the midst”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
“of thy congregations”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
“they set up”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“for signs”
H226a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
“for signs”
H226a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
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