Psalms 74:2

Psalms 74:2 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Remember the nation you purchased long ago, the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed— Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed— This Mount Zion where You have dwelt.

Context of Psalms 74:2

1Why have you rejected us forever, God? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture? Remember your congregation, which you purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession. Remember Mount Zion where you dwell. 3Make your way to the perpetual ruins, to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary. 4Your adversaries roared in the meeting place where you met with us. They set up their emblems as signs.

Psalms 74:2 word by word

זְכֹ֤ר עֲדָתְךָ֨׀ קָ֘נִ֤יתָ קֶּ֗דֶם גָּ֭אַלְתָּ שֵׁ֣בֶט נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ הַר־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן זֶ֤ה׀ שָׁכַ֬נְתָּ בּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• thy congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
• thou hast purchasedקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• of oldקֶ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · front: oldH6924
• the rodשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• of thine inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• thou hast redeemedגָּאַלgâ'al · to redeem: redeemH1350
• this mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• wherein thou hast dweltשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931

Cross-references for Psalms 74:2

• Exodus 15:16terror and dread will fall on them. They will be as still as a stone because of your powerful arm until your people pass by, Lord, until the people whom you purchased pass by.
• Deuteronomy 9:29But they are your people, your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great power and outstretched arm.
• Acts 20:28Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
• Psalms 33:12Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord — the people he has chosen to be his own possession!
• Psalms 106:40Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.
• Psalms 135:4For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his treasured possession.
• Deuteronomy 4:20But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for his inheritance, as you are today.
• Deuteronomy 32:9But the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob, his own inheritance.
• Jeremiah 10:16Jacob’s Portion is not like these because he is the one who formed all things. Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of Armies is his name.
• Isaiah 51:11And the ransomed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
• Isaiah 62:12And they will be called the Holy People, the Lord’s Redeemed; and you will be called Cared For, A City Not Deserted.
• Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and you purchased people for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.
• Psalms 48:1The Lord is great and highly praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain,
• Psalms 78:68He chose instead the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
• Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his home:

Commentaries on Psalms 74:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old - We are the descendants of that people whom thou didst take unto thyself; the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Wilt thou never more be reconciled to us?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Remember thy congregation - The word rendered “congregation” means properly an “assembly,” a “community,” and it is frequently applied to the Israelites, or the Jewish people, considered as a body or a community associated for the service of God. Exodus 12:3; Exodus 16:1-2, Exodus 16:9; Leviticus 4:15; Numbers 27:17. The word used by the Septuagint is ́ sunagōgē - synagogue - but refers here to the whole Jewish people, not to a particular synagogue or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The Lord chose and redeemed Israel from Egypt in the exodus (compare Exodus 15:13). Your congregation: This is another expression for "your people" (Psalms 28:9; 78:62; 94:14; 106:40).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. The terms to denote God's relation to His people increase in force: "congregation"--"purchased"--"redeemed"--"Zion," His dwelling.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 74

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary