“Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.”
The command to direct steps toward the perpetual ruins articulates the acknowledgment of total destruction. The reference to perpetual ruins indicates that the devastation is comprehensive and apparently permanent. This verse indicates that the community faces overwhelming destruction.
Church Fathers on Psalms 74:3
1. This Psalm's Title is, “Of the Understanding of Asaph.” Asaph in Latin is translated congregation, in Greek Synagogue. Let us see what this Synagogue has understood. But let us understand firstly Synagogue: from thence we shall understand what the Synagogue has understood. Every congregation is spoken of under the general name of Synagogue: one both of beasts and of men may be called a congregation; but here there is no congregation of beasts when we heard…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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