Sálmarnir 74:2

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2 Haf í minni söfnuð þinn, er þú aflaðir forðum og leystir til þess að vera kynkvísl óðals þíns, haf í minni Síonfjall, þar sem þú hefir tekið þér bústað.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

purchased: Exodus 15:16, Deuteronomy 9:29, Acts 20:28

rod: or, tribe

thine: Psalms 33:12, Psalms 106:40, Psalms 135:4, Deuteronomy 4:20, Deuteronomy 32:9, Jeremiah 10:16

redeemed: Isaiah 51:11, Isaiah 62:12, Titus 2:14, Revelation 5:9

this mount: Psalms 48:1, Psalms 48:2, Psalms 78:68, Psalms 78:69, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:11 - why doth Deuteronomy 9:26 - which thou hast redeemed Deuteronomy 32:6 - hath bought 2 Kings 21:7 - In this house Nehemiah 1:10 - whom Psalms 68:10 - Thy congregation Psalms 79:1 - into Psalms 100:3 - we are his Isaiah 62:6 - make mention of the Lord Isaiah 63:17 - Return Isaiah 64:9 - wroth Jeremiah 14:21 - remember Jeremiah 14:22 - vanities Jeremiah 50:11 - ye destroyers Jeremiah 51:19 - the rod Lamentations 5:18 - of the Ezekiel 7:21 - General Ephesians 1:14 - the redemption 1 Peter 5:3 - heritage Revelation 14:4 - redeemed Revelation 20:9 - the camp

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old,.... Alluding to the redemption of the congregation of Israel out of Egypt, when they were said to be "purchased", Exodus 15:16 and as that people were typical of the people of God, they may be said to be "purchased then", even of old; though the purchase in reality was not made till the blood of Christ was shed, with which he purchased his church, Acts 20:28, indeed he was the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world, in the purpose and promise of God, and in the typical sacrifices so early offered up, Revelation 13:8, and besides, the words may be considered as the words of the church of God groaning under antichristian oppression and cruelty, hundreds of years since the death of Christ, and so may be said to be of old purchased; and which is called a "congregation", because a select number, chosen of God, and called out of the world, and brought into one body, and into fellowship with Christ and one another; and though they may not meet together in one place, they are all of one body, and will one day make one general assembly and church of the firstborn, called "the congregation of the righteous", Psalms 1:5 now it is desired of the Lord for these, that they might be remembered with his lovingkindness and tender mercies, with his covenant and promises, and be delivered and saved out of the hands of their enemies:

the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; the Targum adds, out of Egypt; but this is to be understood not of the redemption of the people of Israel, but of the redemption of the church of God from sin, Satan, the law, the world, hell, and death; who are chosen by the Lord for his inheritance, his peculiar treasure and portion; and which he highly values and esteems, and is dear unto him as such, as the redemption of them by the blood of Christ shows:

this Mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt; meaning the church of God, which often goes by this name, both in the Old and in the New Testament, comparable to the mount of Zion for its height, holiness, and immoveableness; where the Lord has promised to dwell, and where he does dwell, and will for evermore. As the reference to Sion literally understood, it is called "this Sion", because well known, and because the psalm might be composed or said in it, as Kimchi observes; and which shows that it was written before the destruction of the city and temple, and while Zion was the seat of religious worship, and therefore a prophecy of future times.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Remember 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 συναγωγή sunagōgē - synagogue - but refers here to the whole Jewish people, not to a particular synagogue or congregation.

Which thou hast purchased of old - In ancient times; in a former age. That is, Thou hast “purchased” them to thyself, or as thine own, by redeeming them from bondage, thus securing to thyself the right to them, as one does who redeems or purchases a thing. See the notes at Isaiah 43:3.

The rod of thine inheritance - Margin, as in Hebrew, “tribe.” The Hebrew word - שׁבט shêbet - means properly “a staff,” stick, rod; then, a shepherd’s staff, a crook; then, a scepter; and then it is used to denote a “tribe,” so called from the staff or scepter which the chief of the tribe carried as the symbol of authority. Exodus 28:21; Judges 20:2. The word “inheritance” is frequently applied to the children of Israel considered as belonging to God, as property inherited belongs to him who owns it - perhaps suggesting the idea that the right to them had come down, as inherited property does, from age to age. It was a right over them acquired long before, in the days of the patriarchs.

Which thou hast redeemed - By delivering them out of Egyptian bondage. So the church is now redeemed, and, as such, it belongs to God.

This mount Zion - Jerusalem - the seat of government, and of public worship - the capital of the nation.

Wherein thou last dwelt - By the visible symbol of thy presence and power. - On all these considerations the psalmist prays that God would not forget Jerusalem in the present time of desolation and trouble.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 74:2. Remember 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?