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Psalms 74:4

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

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שָׁאֲג֣וּshaagvroarשָׁאַגverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “roar”, a completed actionH7580to rumble or moan[idiom] mightily, roar.צֹ֭רְרֶיךָtsorereykhaadversaryצָרַרverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “adversary”, a verb used as a describing wordH6887to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitiveadversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.בְּקֶ֣רֶבbeqerevin bowelsקֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in bowels”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7130properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)[idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] w…מוֹעֲדֶ֑ךָmoadekhaappointedמוֹעֵדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “appointed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4150properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).שָׂ֖מוּsamvputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…אוֹתֹתָ֣םototammarkאוֹתnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “mark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH226a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.אֹתֽוֹתototmarkאוֹתnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “mark”, the ordinary formH226a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

Young’s Literal Translation

Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.

World English Bible

Your adversaries have roared in the middle of your assembly. They have set up their standards as signs.

Darby Translation

Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.

Douay-Rheims

The earth is melted, and all that dwell therein: I have established the pillars thereof.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast; they have set up their standards for signs,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐνεκαυχήσαντο οἱ μισοῦντές σε ἐν μέσῳ τῆς ἑορτῆς σου·