Psalms 74:19
Do not give your dove to the beasts, do not forget your afflicted forever.
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In Context
18Yet, for all this, the foe has insulted you, Lord, and a nation of fools has reviled your name.
20Look to the sleek ones – how full they are: the dark places of earth are the dwellings of violence.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18For the needy will not be always forgotten, nor the hope of the helpless be lost forever.
Psalms 68:10A dwelling therein your people found: in your goodness, O God, you did care for the poor.
Psalms 72:2that with right he may judge your people, and your downtrodden ones with justice.
Matthew 10:16“Remember, I am sending you out as my messengers like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as snakes, and as blameless 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 →