Psalms Chapter 74 verse 9 Holy Bible
We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
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We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.
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We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet, neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
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We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
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We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
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We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, Neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
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Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - We see not our signs. Some suppose "standards" to be meant, as in ver. 4, where the same word is used; but it is, perhaps, better to understand, with Dr. Kay, "Divine ordinances, which were standing signs of God's presence - as the tabernacle, the sacrifices, the sabbaths." There is no more any prophet. It has been said that this shows the psalm not to have been written on the occasion of the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, since Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel were, all of them, then living. But the writer only means to say that there are no prophets in Palestine, where he is residing. Jeremiah in Egypt, Ezekiel on the banks of Chebar, Daniel in Babylon, are nothing to him, even if he knows of their existence, and in no way fill up the gap whereof he complains. Neither is there among us any who knoweth how long. Jeremiah's prophecy of the seventy years (Jeremiah 25:11, 12) did net remove the doubt, since it was uncertain from what event the seventy years were to be counted. Jeremiah's prophecies, moreover, were not yet, in all probability, collected into a volume, and so may not have been known to the psalmist.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) We see not our signs . . .--It is natural to take this statement in direct contrast to what Psalm 74:4 (see Note) says of the heathen signs. While these abominations--rallying points of savage profanity--were visibly set up, the tokens of the invisible God's presence, His wonders wrought for Israel, are no more seen.There is no more any prophet.--This was the constant lament of the Maccabaean period (1 Maccabees 4:46; 1 Maccabees 9:27; 1 Maccabees 14:41), and suits no earlier time--at least none into which the rest of the psalm would fit. During the exile period Jeremiah and Ezekiel were prophesying, and the complaint took quite a different form then and probably for some time afterwards (Lamentations 2:9; Ezekiel 7:26). The full desolation of the situation is told in "Song of the Three Children," Psalm 74:15; "Neither is there at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to sacrifice before Thee or find mercy." . . .