Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 74:19

19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked , forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

(i. e.) The Life; Thou hast delivered thy People into Captivity: do not deliver them to Death, nor suffer their Enemies utterly to destroy them.

(i. e.) Of thy Church, which is fitly Compared to a Turtle Dove, because of the great resemblance of their Dispositions and Conditions, being s[illegible: 1+ letters]ple and harmless, and meek, and faithful, and mournful, and exposed to manifold Injuries, and unable to defend its self from them.

Or, to the wild Beast, as this Word oft signifies. Or, to the Troop, to wit, of her Enemies.

Marginal references: Or, unto the wild Beasts. So Gr.