Psalms 74:2
Remember the community you purchased of old to become by redemption the tribe of your heritage, Zion, the mountain you made your home.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In Context
1Why, O God, have you spurned us forever? Why smokes your wrath against the sheep of your pasture?
3Rouse yourself, visit its ruins complete. In the temple the foe has made havoc of all things.
Cross References
Psalms 9:11Sing praise to the Lord, whose home is in Zion, declare his deeds among the nations.
Psalms 33:12Happy the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for himself as his own.
Psalms 68:16You high-peaked mountains, why look you askance at the mountain which God has desired for his home whereon the Lord will live 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 →