American Standard Version
"They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees. "
— Psalms 74:5, American Standard Version
“A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.”
“They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.”
“They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest.”
“I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly: and to the sinners: Lift not up the horn.”
“They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.”
“A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.”
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; Andmount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.
They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.
They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.
They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.