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19 Do not hand over the soul of your dove to wild animals.
Do not forget the life of your oppressed people forever.
20 Consider your promise [a]
because every dark corner of the land is filled with violence.
21 Do not let oppressed people come back in disgrace.
Let weak and needy people praise your name.

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Footnotes

  1. 74:20 Or “covenant.”

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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