Psalms 74:19

17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

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.

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, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

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  • James 2:5–6

    Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

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  • Psalms 9:18

    For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

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  • Matthew 10:16

    Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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  • Psalms 68:13

    Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

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  • Psalms 72:2

    He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

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  • Psalms 68:10

    Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

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  • Isaiah 60:8

    Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

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