It seems as if one had lifted up
His [a](A)axe in a [b]forest of trees.
And now [c]all its (B)carved work
They smash with hatchet and [d]hammers.
They have [e](C)burned Your sanctuary [f]to the ground;
They have (D)defiled the dwelling place of Your name.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:5 Lit axes
  2. Psalm 74:5 Lit thicket
  3. Psalm 74:6 Lit altogether
  4. Psalm 74:6 Or axes
  5. Psalm 74:7 Lit set on fire
  6. Psalm 74:7 Or To the ground they...