Psalms 74:19
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
- KJV
- O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
- WEB
- Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.
- ASV
- Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.
- DARBY
- Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.
- BLB
- Do not give to the wild beast the soul of Your dove; do not forget the life of Your afflicted ones forever!
- ÅB
- Overgi ikke din turteldue til den mordlystne skare, glem ikke dine elendiges skare evindelig!
- OTB
- Overgi ikke sjelen til din turteldue til villdyret;
Glem ikke livet til dine elendige for alltid. - B1930
- Overgi ikke din turteldue til den mordlystne skare, glem ikke dine elendiges skare evindelig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Song of Solomon 2:14
O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
Read in contextJames 2:5–6
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Read in contextPsalms 9:18
For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
Read in contextMatthew 10:16
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Read in contextPsalms 68:13
Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
Read in contextPsalms 72:2
May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
Read in contextPsalms 68:10
Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
Read in contextIsaiah 60:8
Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
Read in context