Psalms 74:2
Remember thy congregation, which thou have gotten of old, which thou have redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance, [and] mount Zion, at which thou have dwelt.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1O God, why have thou cast off forever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
3Lift up thy feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
Cross References
Exodus 15:13Thou in thy loving kindness have led the people that thou have redeemed. Thou have guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.
Deuteronomy 4:20But LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.
Deuteronomy 9:29Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou brought out by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm.
Psalms 9:11Sing praises to LORD, who dwells in Zion. Declare among the people his doings.
Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is LORD, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
Psalms 68:16Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God has desired for his abode? Yea, LORD will dwell [in it] forever.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:2-12
Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 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… Read the whole commentary →