The precise rendering of ver. 19 is very doubtful. The word rendered above by "company" may mean _life_ or _a living creature_, or, collectively, a _company_ of such. It has been taken in all these meanings here, and sometimes in one of them in the first clause, and in another in the second, as most recently by Baethgen, who renders "Abandon not to _the beast_" in _a_, and "_The life of_ thine afflicted" in _b_. But it must have the same meaning in both clauses, and the form of the word shows that it must be construed in both with a following "of." If so, the rendering adopted above is best, though it involves taking the word rendered "greed" (lit., soul) in a somewhat doubtful sense. This rendering is adopted in the R.V. (margin), and is, on the whole, the least difficult, and yields a probable sense. Delitzsch recognises the necessity for giving the ambiguous word the same meaning in both clauses, and takes that meaning to be "creature," which suits well enough in _a_, but gives a very harsh meaning to _b_. "Forget not Thy poor animals for ever" is surely an impossible rendering. Other attempts have been made to turn the difficulty by textual alteration. Hupfeld would transpose two words in _a_, and so gets "Give not up to rage the life of Thy dove." Cheyne corrects the difficult word into "to the sword," and Graetz follows Dyserinck in preferring "to death," or Krochmal, who reads "to destruction." If the existing text is retained, probably the rendering adopted above is best. PSALM LXXV. 1 We give thanks to Thee, O God, we give thanks; And [that] Thy name is near, Thy wondrous works declare 2 "When I seize the set time, I, I judge [in] equity. 3 Dissolved [in fear] are earth and its inhabitants: I, I set firm its pillars. Selah. 4 I say to the fools, be not foolish: And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: 5 Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with stiff neck." 6 For not from east, nor from west, And not from the wilderness is lifting up. 7 For God is judge: This one He abases, and that one He lifts up. 8 For a cup is in the hands of Jehovah, And it foams with wine; it is full of mixture, And He pours out from it: Yea, its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth gulp down and drink. 9 And as for me, I will declare [it] for ever, I will harp to the God of Jacob. 10 And all the horns of the wicked will I cut off: Exalted shall be the horns of the righteous.