John Trapp on Psalms 74:19

Verſ. 19. O deliver not the ſoul of thy Turtle-dove] Turturilla tua, that groaneth unto thee, being not more innocent chaſt, mild, ſimple and ſociable, than weak, ſhiftleſſe,Columb. mas & faemina dormiunt & paſcuntur codem in loco. Arift. hiſt. anim. lib. 8. c. 3[illegible: 1 letter] Patitur & non rapit. Kimchi. and unable to defend her ſelf from thoſe beaſts of prey. Optatus, obſerveth, that no fowl is more preyed upon by Hauks, Kites, &c. than the Dove; yet are there ſtill more Doves than Hauks or Kites for all that; So the Church increaſeth, notwithſtanding all perſecutions.

Unto the multitude] Or, To the beaſt, the wild-company. The ſame word is put here alſo immediatly for the Congregation or lively flock of Chriſt.