Mazmur 74:19

74:19 Do not hand the life of your dove ¹  over to a wild animal!

Do not continue to disregard ²  the lives of your oppressed people!

Mazmur 78:42

78:42 They did not remember what he had done, ³ 

how he delivered them from the enemy, ⁴ 

Mazmur 119:176

119:176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. ⁵ 

Come looking for your servant,

for I do not forget your commands.

Mazmur 132:2

132:2 and how he made a vow to the Lord,

and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob. ⁶ 

[74:19]  ¹ sn Your dove. The psalmist compares weak and vulnerable Israel to a helpless dove.

[74:19]  ² tn Heb “do not forget forever.”

[78:42]  ³ tn Heb “his hand,” symbolizing his saving activity and strength, as the next line makes clear.

[78:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “[the] day [in] which he ransomed them from [the] enemy.”

[119:176]  ⁵ tn Heb “I stray like a lost sheep.” It is possible that the point of the metaphor is vulnerability: The psalmist, who is threatened by his enemies, feels as vulnerable as a straying, lost sheep. This would not suggest, however, that he has wandered from God’s path (see the second half of the verse, as well as v. 110).

[132:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.”