Psalms 74:2
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; and mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
Cross References
Exodus 15:13Thou in thy mercy hast led the people which thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation.
Deuteronomy 4:20But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.
Deuteronomy 9:29Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy great power and by thy stretched out arm.
Psalms 9:11Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Psalms 68:16Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
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 →