Bible Strands
Psalms 74:2
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Asaph addresses God in a lament, questioning divine rejection and anger, immediately before pleading for God to observe the destroyed sanctuary.
The words — The text uses זְכֹר (ze.Khor, "remember") and גָּאַלְתָּ (Ga.'al.ta, "you redeemed") to command God to recall the congregation He acquired in antiquity and redeemed as His inheritance.
The thread — This language of divine acquisition and redemption as an inheritance appears in Jeremiah 10:16 regarding Jacob's tribe, and echoes Exodus 15:13 and Exodus 15:16 where God leads and guides the redeemed people by His strength.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition of God's historical ownership of His people and His dwelling place, framing present crisis against the factual record of past covenant action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 10:16 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Exodus 15:13 With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
- Exodus 15:16 and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
- Deuteronomy 32:9 But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 4:20 Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
- Psalms 78:68 But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
- Psalms 135:4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
- Psalms 132:13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- Isaiah 51:11 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Isaiah 62:12 And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.