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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...
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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...
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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 (Psalms 74:10)
This is a Psalm...
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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...
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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....
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Emboldened by his contemplation of the power of God in history and in
nature the Psalmist returns to prayer....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ....
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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...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
KEEP YOUR PROMISE!
PSALMS 74
JESUS SAID, "ONE STONE WILL NOT STAY ON ANOTHER. THEY WILL ALL BECOME
BROKEN". (MATTHEW 25:2)
PSALMS 74
(This is) a *maskil for *Asa...
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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...
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אַל ־תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭ חַיַּת נֶ֣פֶשׁ
תֹּורֶ֑ךָ חַיַּ֥ת עֲ֝נִיֶּ֗יךָ אַל
־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח לָ נֶֽצַח׃...
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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...
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“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_...
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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...
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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...
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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?...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,_...
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_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_...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 74:19 deliver H5414 (H8799) life H5315 turtledove H8449 beast
H2416 forget H7911 (H8799) life H2416 poor H6041 forever H5331
turtledove - Psalms 68:13; Song of Solomon 2:14, Song of Solomon 4:...
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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...
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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...
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_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 me...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Isaiah 60:8; James 2:5; James 2:6; Matthew 10:16; Psalms 68:10; Psalms
68:13; Psalms 72:2; Song of Solomon 2:14; Song of Solomon 4:1;...
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Soul — The life. Turtle — dove — Of thy church, which is fitly
compared to a turtle — dove, because simple and harmless, and meek,
and faithful....