King James Version

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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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּתֵּ֣ןtitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “give”, a wish or indirect commandH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לְ֭חַיַּתlechayatto lifeחַיpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “to life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.נֶ֣פֶשׁnefeshcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…תּוֹרֶ֑ךָtorekhadoveתּוֹרnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “dove”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8449a ring-dove, often (figuratively) as a term of endearment(turtle) dove.חַיַּ֥תchayatlifeחַיnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.עֲ֝נִיֶּ֗יךָaniyeykhaafflictedעָנִיadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “afflicted”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6041depressed, in mind or circumstancesafflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּשְׁכַּ֥חtishkachforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “forget”, a wish or indirect commandH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.לָנֶֽצַחlanetsachto alwayנֶצַחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to alway”, the ordinary formH5331properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)alway(-s), constantly, end, ([phrase] n-) ever(more), perpetual, strength, victory.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

O 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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American Standard Version (1901)

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

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.

World English Bible

Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: forget not for ever the souls of thy poor.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ παραδῷς τοῖς θηρίοις ψυχὴν ἐξομολογουμένην σοι, τῶν ψυχῶν τῶν πενήτων σου μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ εἰς τέλος.