7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground; they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.

Other Translations of Psalm 74:7

King James Version

7 They have cast They have cast...: Heb. They have sent thy sanctuary unto the fire fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

English Standard Version

7 They set your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of your name, bringing it down to the ground.

The Message

7 They burned your holy place to the ground, violated the place of worship.

New King James Version

7 They have set fire to Your sanctuary; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.

New Living Translation

7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground. They defiled the place that bears your name.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 74:7

Commentary on Psalm 74:1-11

(Read Psalm 74:1-11)

This psalm appears to describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Chaldeans. The deplorable case of the people of God, at the time, is spread before the Lord, and left with him. They plead the great things God had done for them. If the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt was encouragement to hope that he would not cast them off, much more reason have we to believe, that God will not cast off any whom Christ has redeemed with his own blood. Infidels and persecutors may silence faithful ministers, and shut up places of worship, and say they will destroy the people of God and their religion together. For a long time they may prosper in these attempts, and God's oppressed servants may see no prospect of deliverance; but there is a remnant of believers, the seed of a future harvest, and the despised church has survived those who once triumphed over her. When the power of enemies is most threatening, it is comfortable to flee to the power of God by earnest prayer.