Psalms 74:18

"Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah,

And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast:

Forget not the life of thy poor forever."

"Remember" (Psalms 74:18). Did God indeed remember to avenge himself upon Babylon? Indeed yes; but in the meanwhile, which included the days of the psalmist, God was using Babylon to discipline and correct his rebellious children of Israel.

"A foolish people" (Psalms 74:18). "The word `foolish,' both here and in Psalms 74:22 is the very same word that is rendered `fool' in Psalms 14:1 and Psalms 53:1."[21]

"Deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast" (Psalms 74:19). "This is the only place in the Bible where this metaphor is used of Israel."[22] Did God indeed deliver Israel? Yes, indeed. No, God did not deliver the rebellious Israel, but the true Israel, at that time, the captive remnant of the apostate nation who were captives in Babylon.