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A Desperate Plea for God to See
Most commentators agree that the phrase "Lift up thy feet" is a poetic and urgent plea for God to hurry and personally witness the devastating, seemingly permanent ruin of His sanctuary. It's a desperate cry from a suffering people, asking God not to be distant but to come into the midst of their pain and see the full extent of the destruction.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 74:3
18th Century
Theologian
Lift up thy feet - That is, Advance, or draw near. Come and look directly and personally on the desolations which now exist in the holy city…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 74:3
19th Century
Bishop
Lift up your feet. —Better, Lift your steps. A poetical expression. God is invoked to hasten to view the desolation of th…
John Calvin
On Psalms 74:3
16th Century
Theologian
Lift up your strokes. Here the people of God, on the other hand, implore him to inflict a deadly wound upon their enemies, corresponding t…
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John Gill
On Psalms 74:3
17th Century
Pastor
Lift up your feet unto the perpetual desolations
That is, arise, hasten, move swiftly, and in the greatness of stren…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 74:1–11
17th Century
Minister
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,…