KJV King James Version
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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Psalm 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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
WEB World English Bible
Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.
ASV American Standard Version
Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.
Surrounding context — Psalm 74
16 The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
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.
19 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.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
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Song of Solomon 2:14O 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.James 2:5-6Hearken, 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?Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Psalm 9:18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.Psalm 68:13Though 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.Zephaniah 3:12I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.Psalm 68:10Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.Psalm 72:2He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.Isaiah 60:8Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?Song of Solomon 6:9My dove, my undefiled is [but] one; she [is] the [only] one of her mother, she [is] the choice [one] of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; [yea], the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
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