Psalms Chapter 74 verse 11 Holy Bible
Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? `Pluck it' out of thy bosom `and' consume `them'.
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Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?
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Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? [pluck it] out of thy bosom: consume [them].
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Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
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Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
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Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it out of your pocket and consume them!
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Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove `it'.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? Why dost thou keep back the right hand of thy power, hiding it in thy besom? Why not show forth thy power, and consume them, as it were, in a moment? (See the next clause.) Pluck it out of thy bosom; rather, out with it frown thy bosom, and consume them. The psalmist sees no reason why the Babylonians should not be consumed, and Israel delivered, at once. He has an insufficient sense of the greatness of Israel's sin.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Why withdrawest thou.--Literally, returnest, i.e., into the ample folds of the Eastern robe. The poet is thinking of Exodus 4:7.Pluck it out of thy bosom.--Literally, out of the midst of thy bosom consume. For the same absolute use of this verb comp. Psalm 59:13. The clause is an instance of pregnant construction (comp. Psalm 74:7), and is plainly equivalent to, Why dost thou not pluck out thy right hand to consume?
