Psalms 74:19

Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

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 — an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

20Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:18For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

Psalms 68:10Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.

Psalms 72:2He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

Song of Solomon 4:1Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, lo, thou [art] fair, Thine eyes [are] doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,

Isaiah 60:8Who [are] these — as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows?

Matthew 10:16'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the 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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