Psalms 74:2

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.

Remember thy congregation, which thou last purchased of old. A strong plea for present deliverance is here urged-namely, Gods, grace of old, which had elected His people, and "purchased," or made them His own, by delivering them from Egypt (, note).

The rod of thine inheritance - literally, the rod with which the inheritance is measured; then the inheritance itself (). The fundamental passage is , "The Lord's portion is His people; Jacob is the lot (Hebrew, cord) of His inheritance." Not the tribal rod; because the 'tribe' would not stand for the whole people. is plural, "the tribes of thine inheritance" (; ).