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Direct thy steps to the perpetual ruins;
    the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!

Thy foes have roared in the midst of thy holy place;
    they set up their own signs for signs.
At the upper entrance they hacked
    the wooden trellis with axes.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:5 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb uncertain

Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,(A)
    all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

Your foes roared(B) in the place where you met with us;
    they set up their standards(C) as signs.
They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.(D)

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