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19 O Lord, save me! Protect your turtledove from the hawks.[a] Save your beloved people from these beasts. 20 Remember your promise! For the land is full of darkness and cruel men. 21 O Lord, don’t let your downtrodden people be constantly insulted. Give cause for these poor and needy ones to praise your name!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:19 the hawks, literally, “the wild beasts.”

19 Do not hand over the life of your dove(A) to wild beasts;
    do not forget the lives of your afflicted(B) people forever.
20 Have regard for your covenant,(C)
    because haunts of violence fill the dark places(D) of the land.
21 Do not let the oppressed(E) retreat in disgrace;
    may the poor and needy(F) praise your name.

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