King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 74:5
“[A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.”
Verse in context — Psalms 74
3
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
5
[A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
7
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
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