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Psalms 74:11
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Why do You turn back Your hand, even Your right hand?From within Your bosom, destroy them!
Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? From within Your bosom, destroy them!
Why withdrawest thou thy hande, yea thy right hande? consume [them, drawing] it out of thy bosome.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom: consume [them].
Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them.
Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? From out of Your bosom, consume them .
Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, euen thy right hand? plucke it out of thy bosome.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
Oh God, how loge shal the aduersary do this dishonoure, how loge shal the enemie blaspheme thy name? foreuer?
Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand [from judging the enemy]? Remove Your hand from Your chest, destroy them!
Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them.
Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?
Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? [Pluck it] out of your bosom [and] consume [them].
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.
Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him!
Why don't you punish them? Why are you holding back?
Why do you hold back your hand? Draw your right hand from your coat, and finish them off!
Why withdrawest thou thine hand, euen thy right hand? drawe it out of thy bosome, and consume them.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy strength from the midst of thy congregation?
Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!
Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them.
Why do you hold back your strong right hand? Unleash your powerful fist and destroy them.
Why do You take Your hand away, even Your right hand? Put it out and destroy them!
Wherefore turnest thou away thine hand, and thy right hand from the midst of thy bosom for ever?
Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them.
Why do You withdraw Your hand? Stretch out Your right hand and destroy them!
Why do you hold back your hand; why do you keep your hand in your bosom?
Wherefore shouldst thou withdraw thy hand - thy right hand? Bring it out of the midst of thy bosom! Selah.
(73-11) Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?
Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it from your bosom; destroy them!
Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!
Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Extend it from Your chest and destroy them!
Why do you hold back your power? Bring your power out in the open and destroy them!
Why have you refused to help us? Why do you keep your hands behind you?
Why do You hold back Your hand? Stretch out Your right hand and destroy them!
Whi turnest thou awei thin hoond, and `to drawe out thi riythond fro the myddis of thi bosum, til in to the ende?
Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it].
Why dost thou hold back thy hand, why dost thou keep thy right hand in thy bosom?
Contextual Overview
A maskil of Asaph.
God, why have you turned away from us for so long? Why are you still angry with us, your own flock? 2 Remember the people you bought so long ago. You saved us, and we belong to you. And remember Mount Zion, the place where you lived. 3 God, come walk through these ancient ruins. Come back to the Holy Place that the enemy destroyed. 4 The enemy shouted their war cries in the Temple. They put up their flags there to show they had won the war. 5 Their soldiers attacked the doors, like workmen chopping down trees. 6 Using axes and hatchets, they smashed the carved panels inside. 7 They burned down your Holy Place. It was built to honor your name, but they pulled it down to the ground. 8 The enemy decided to crush us completely. They burned every holy place in the country. 9 We do not see any of our signs. There are no more prophets. And no one knows how long this will last. 10 God, how much longer will the enemy make fun of us? Will you let them insult your name forever?Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
withdrawest: Isaiah 64:12, Lamentations 2:3
pluck it out: As the outward habit of the easterns has no sleeves, the hands and arms are frequently covered with the folds of the robe; and, in order to do anything, the hand must be disentangled, and drawn out. Psalms 44:23, Psalms 78:65, Psalms 78:66
Reciprocal: Exodus 15:6 - right hand 1 Samuel 4:3 - Wherefore 2 Kings 19:14 - spread it Psalms 3:7 - Arise Psalms 7:9 - Oh Psalms 44:3 - thy right Psalms 60:5 - save Psalms 83:13 - O my Proverbs 19:24 - General Lamentations 5:1 - behold Ezekiel 7:22 - face
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even that right hand?.... By which is meant the power of God; by which he made the heavens and the earth, and all things therein, and supports them in their beings; by which the work of his grace is wrought in the hearts of his people, and they are upheld; and by which he conquers their enemies, and saves them: this may be said to be withdrawn when he denies his people the help and succour they have had from him; when he seems to have forsaken the work of his hands; when there is not that success in the ministry of the word there formerly was, his arm being not revealed and made bare; and when the enemies of religion prosper and get ground; and when the Lord seems to be altogether inactive and unconcerned, like a man that folds up his arms under his arm holes, or hides his hands in his bosom, see Psalms 44:23 wherefore it follows:
pluck it out of thy bosom; as he will one day, and strike with a home blow, antichrist and his followers, and destroy them with his rod of iron, with which he will break them in shivers as a potter's vessel; and all his enemies shall feel the lighting down of his arm with the indignation of his anger; and then this request will be fulfilled: the word used signifies to "consume" a; and Kimchi interprets it, consume the enemy out of thy bosom, which is the house of the sanctuary; his secret place, as the bosom is to man; but both senses of the word maybe retained, and the meaning be, pluck it out of thy bosom to consume them b: also it signifies to restrain c; and the sense may be, as the above writer observes, restrain it, that it may not return to thy bosom, till thou hast executed judgment on the wicked.
a כלה "consume", Montanus, Gejerus. b So some in Vatablus. c "Cohibe", Junius & Tremellius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? - Why dost thou not stretch forth thy hand for our deliverance? The hand, especially the right hand, is the instrument by which we wield a sword, or strike a blow; and the expression here is equivalent to asking why God did not interfere and save them.
Pluck it out of thy bosom - As if God had hidden his hand beneath the folds of his garment, or had wrapped his robe tightly around him. It “seemed” as if he had done this, as if he looked calmly on, and saw the temple fired, the synagogues burned up, the land laid waste, and the people slaughtered, without an attempt to interpose. How often are we constrained to use similar language - to ask a similar question - when iniquity abounds, when crime prevails, when sinners are perishing, when the church mourns - for God seems to have withdrawn his hand, and to be looking on with unconcern! No one can tell why this is so; and, without irreverence, or a spirit of complaining, but deeply affected with the mystery of the fact, we may ask “Why” this is so.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 74:11. Why withdrawest thou thy hand — It has been remarked, that as the outward habit of the easterns had no sleeves, the hands and arms were frequently covered with the folds of the robe; and in order to do any thing, the hand must be disentangled and drawn out. The literal version of the Hebrew is: "To what time wilt thou draw back thy hand; yea, thy right hand, from within thy bosom?" Consume; that is, manifest thy power, and destroy thy adversaries. I have, in the introduction to the book of Psalms, spoken of the old metrical version by Sternhold and Hopkins, and have stated that it was formed from the original text. A proof of this may be seen by the learned reader in this and the preceding verse; where, though their version is harsh, and some of their expressions quaint almost to ridicule, yet they have hit the true meaning which our prose translators have missed: -
Ver. Psalms 74:10. When wilt thou once, Lord, end this shame,
And cease thine en'mies strong?
Shall they always blaspheme thy name,
And rail on thee so long?
Ver. Psalms 74:11. Why dost thou draw thy hand aback,
And hide it in thy lap?
O pluck it out, and be not slack
To give thy foes a rap!
