Psalms 74:19

O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast. Forget not the life of thy poor forever.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

In Context

18Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that a foolish people has blasphemed thy name.

20Have respect to the covenant, for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:18For a needy man shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever.

Psalms 68:10Thy congregation dwelt in it. Thou, O God, prepared for the poor from thy goodness.

Psalms 72:2He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with justice.

Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, thou are fair, my love, behold, thou are fair. Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats that lay along the side of mount Gilead.

Isaiah 60:8Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:19-23

Earnest Supplications; Pleading with God. 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord , and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause:… Read the whole commentary →

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