Psalms 74:2
1 Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
3 Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has destroyed.
4 Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance: Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
- ASV
- Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; [And] mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
- DARBY
- Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed [to be] the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
- BLB
- Remember Your congregation You acquired of old; You redeemed [as] the staff of Your inheritance this Mount Zion—in it You have dwelt!
- ÅB
- Kom i hu din menighet, som du vant din i fordums tid, som du gjenløste til å være din arvs stamme, Sions berg, hvor du tok bolig!
- OTB
- Husk ditt folk, som du kjøpte for lenge siden,
Som du har gjenløst som din arvs stamme;
Og dette Sion-fjellet, hvor du har bodd. - B1930
- Kom i hu din menighet, som du vant din i fordums tid, som du gjenløste til å være din arvs stamme, Sions berg, hvor du tok bolig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 10:16
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
Read in contextExodus 15:13
With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:9
But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
Read in contextExodus 15:16
and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
Read in contextPsalms 135:4
For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:20
Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
Read in contextPsalms 78:68–69
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
Read in contextPsalms 132:13–14
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
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