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Psalms 74:19

The rendering of R.V., O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast, is preferable to that of R.V. marg., O deliver not thy turtledove unto the greedy multitude. The dove is an emblem of the defenceless people.

forget not&c. Forget not the family of thine afflicted ones for ever: or, the life of thine afflicted ones. There is a play upon the different senses of the word chayyath:in the first line it means wild beast(living creature), in the second family(or life). For the meaning familysee note on Psalms 68:10.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 74:19. _DELIVER NOT THE SOUL OF THY TURTLE-DOVE_] Thy people Israel are helpless, defenceless, miserable, and afflicted: O deliver them no longer into the power of their brutal adversarie...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    O DELIVER NOT THE SOUL OF THY TURTLE-DOVE - The “life” of thy turtle-dove; or, thy turtle-dove itself. The turtle-dove is a name of endearment for one beloved, in Song of Solomon 2:12, and is thus app...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 74 The Enemy in the Sanctuary _ 1. The Prayer on account of the enemy (Psalms 74:1)_ 2. The work of the enemy (Psalms 74:4) 3. Intercession for intervention ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LXXIV. The date may be fixed with certainty and that within narrow limits. The Jews are suffering extreme distress, but apparently by no fault of their own, for there is no confession of sin. The pers...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE SOUL. the life. Hebrew. _nephesh._ MULTITUDE. company, or host; same word as "congregation" in next line. POOR. oppressed. Hebrew. _'anah._ See note on Proverbs 6:11....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    O DELIVER NOT THE SOUL, &C.— _Do not give up thy turtle to the ravenous beast;_ Mudge. The Hebrew is literally, _the beast of appetite,_ or _the ravenous beast._ We see in the next verse, that all the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 74 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Ruthless Injuries to the Sanctuary and Oppression in the Land by an Enemy, call forth Expostulation with God for his quiescence. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 74:1-3 a, In...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. -The prayer (Psalms 74:1) resumed and expanded. Verse 18. REMEMBER THIS - answering to...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    74:19 beast; (m-12) Or 'Give not up thy turtle-dove unto the greedy troop' (or 'herd'). troop (n-16) Others, 'life,' as 'flock,' Psalms 68:10 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Psalms 74, 79 seem to reflect the same historical situation, and are usually ascribed to the same author. Both were written in a time of national calamity, when the Temple was profaned (Psalms 74), an...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ KEEP YOUR PROMISE! PSALMS 74 Jesus said, "One stone will not stay on another. They will all become broken". (Ma

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    O DELIVER. — To guide to the meaning of this verse, the word _chayyah_ occurs in each clause, and it is presumable in the same sense (unless there is a purposed play on words). It may have one of thre...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַל ־תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭ חַיַּת נֶ֣פֶשׁ תֹּורֶ֑ךָ חַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 74:1 Two periods only correspond to the circumstances described in this psalm and its companion (Psalms 79:1)-namely, the Chaldean invasion and sack of Jerusalem, and the persecution under Anti...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “PLEAD THINE OWN CAUSE, O GOD” Psalms 74:12 Yet! Psalms 74:12, r.v. There is always some compensating and consolatory thought. God is in the background of our thought. Not only _the_ King, but _my_ K...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a great complaint, but it is a complaint of faith. Hardly a gleam of light is found throughout. The singer sits in the midst of national desolation and pours out his soul to God in passionate...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    O deliver not the soul of thy (n) turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. (n) He means the Church of God, which is exposed as a prey to the wi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The prophet, here appealing for the church's safety, makes use of an additional argument, namely, God's own honour and glory. For who is blasphemed, but the Lord? Whose name is abused, but the Lord's?...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    19._Give not to the beast the soul of thy turtle dove. _The Hebrew word חית _, chayath, _which we translate _beast, _signifies sometimes _the soul _or _life, _and so some explain it in the second clau...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 74 complains of the hostile desolation of the sanctuary, when rebuilt in the land. God's enemies, as faith here calls them, roar in the congregations. Man's ensigns, not God's, are the signs of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    O DELIVER NOT THE SOUL OF THY TURTLEDOVE,.... By which is meant the church, see Song of Solomon 2:14, which is comparable to this creature for its cleanness and purity, for its amiableness and beauty,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. Ver. 19. _O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove_] _Turturillae tuae,_...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _O deliver not the soul_ That is, the life; _of thy turtle-dove_ That is, thy church; _unto the multitude of the wicked_ Or, to the _wild beast_, as חית, _chajath_, often signifies: or, _to the troop_...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove, the individual believer and the entire Church being included in this designation on account of the manner in which the dove seeks refuge when danger is near,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PRAYER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE CHURCH. Maschil, a didactic poem, of Asaph, a prophetic psalm, foretelling some of the afflictions which would befall the Church of God, in the Old Testament as wel...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    18-23 The psalmist begs that God would appear for the church against their enemies. The folly of such as revile his gospel and his servants will be plain to all. Let us call upon our God to enlighten...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE SOUL, i.e. the life. Thou hast delivered thy people into captivity; do not deliver them to death, nor suffer their enemies utterly to destroy them. OF THY TURTLE-DOVE, i.e. of thy church, which is...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 74:19 deliver H5414 (H8799) life H5315 turtledove H8449 beast H2416 forget H7911 (H8799) life H2416 poor...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The deplorable condition of God's people spread before Him with petition for deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph. CONCLUSION: The desolations of God's house cannot but grieve the believer m...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Title. _Maschil of Asaph;_ that is, instruction, as Psalms 32. The EDDA is the title of the Icelandic poem, which also signifies instruction. This mournful ode is also alleged to have been written in...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever?_ why doth Thine anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture? THE WAIL AND PRAYER OF A TRUE PATRIOT I. The wail (Psalms 74:1). 1. Some communities of men...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 74:1. This psalm, a community lament, is a cry of anguish over the destruction of the temple. It recounts God’s mighty deeds in the past, especially the exodus. Past events...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 74:18 The psalm goes on to plead with God, REMEMBER THIS. There is no appeal to the people’s merit. Rather, the appeal is HAVE REGARD FOR THE COVENANT and defend your

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“A Maschil of Asaph,” i.e., an Instruction of Asaph, a Didactic Song by Asaph. See introduction to Psalms 1. “But _here_ we cannot have the least idea of the authorship...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION "THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest". The psalmist describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" (Psalms 74:3). The temple is violated (Psalms 74:3); its carved work is ru...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 74:1-23 is one of those psalms where the psalmist again is speaking of the desolation that is come, and the apparent quietness of God in the face of the desolation. God didn't do anything to stop...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 60:8; James 2:5; James 2:6; Matthew 10:16; Psalms 68:10;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Soul — The life. Turtle — dove — Of thy church, which is fitly compared to a turtle — dove, because simple and harmless, and meek, and faithful....

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