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Lift upהָרִימָהyour footstepsפְעָמֶיךָto the perpetualנֶצַחruins;לְמַשֻּׁאוֹתthe enemyאוֹיֵבhas damagedהֵרַעeverythingכָּלin the holy place.בַּקֹּדֶשׁ
Psalms 74:3
Study it in the app“Lift up your footsteps to the perpetual ruins; the enemy has damaged everything in the holy place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 74:3, word by word
- Lift upהָרִימָharima
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “harima” appears- your footstepsפְעָמֶיfeame
step
What is done in walking: the movement of a foot and the print it leaves.
Where else “feame” appears- to the perpetualנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears- ruinsמַשֻּׁאוֹתmashuot
ruin
The rubble of what was destroyed, ruins.
Where else “mashuot” appears- the enemyאוֹיֵבoyev
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyev” appears- has damagedהֵרַעhera
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “hera” appears- in the holy placeקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears
Translation note
“Lift up your footsteps”: it can be understood as “come quickly to see these ruins.”
The context
2Remember your community, which you acquired of old, which you redeemed as the tribe of your inheritance, this Mount Zion where you have dwelt.
3 · This verse (above)
4Your adversaries roared in the midst of your meeting place; they set up their signs as signs.