“Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.”
The petition that God would remember the congregation acquired in ancient times articulates the appeal to the covenant history: God established relationship with the people in the past. The reference to the tribe of inheritance indicates that the people belong to God through divine choice. The prayer for God to remember appeals to the continuity of covenantal obligation. This verse grounds petition in historical memory of divine commitment.
Church Fathers on Psalms 74:2
1. This Psalm's Title is, “Of the Understanding of Asaph.” Asaph in Latin is translated congregation, in Greek Synagogue. Let us see what this Synagogue has understood. But let us understand firstly Synagogue: from thence we shall understand what the Synagogue has understood. Every congregation is spoken of under the general name of Synagogue: one both of beasts and of men may be called a congregation; but here there is no congregation of beasts when we heard…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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