Psalms Chapter 74 verse 19 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 74:19

Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.
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BBE Psalms 74:19

O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not the life of the poor go out of your memory for ever.
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DARBY Psalms 74:19

Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.
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KJV Psalms 74:19

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
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WBT Psalms 74:19

O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove to the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
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WEB Psalms 74:19

Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of your poor forever.
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YLT Psalms 74:19

Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - O deliver net the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the multitude of the wicked; rather, O deliver not thy turtle dove unto the greedy multitude (Revised Version margin). Israel is beautifully compared to a pet dove, the gentlest and tenderest of birds. The Babylonians are the "greedy multitude" ready to kill and devour it. Forget not the congregation (or, the multitude) of thy poor forever. The "multitude of God's poor" is being carried off into a cruel captivity, or else left as a miserable remnant in an exhausted and desolated land - in either ease needing much God's protection and "remembrance."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) 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 three meanings: "life," "animal," "troop." Psalm 17:9 suggests that chayyath nephesh go together in the sense of "greedy band," and we get--"Deliver not to the greedy band thy dove;Forget not the band of the afflicted for ever."