Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 74:19

"Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever." — Psalms 74:19 (ASV)

O deliver. —To guide to the meaning of this verse, the word chayyah occurs in each clause, and it is presumably in the same sense (unless there is an intended play on words). It may have one of three meanings: “life,” “animal,” or “troop.”Psalms 17:9 suggests that chayyath nephesh go together in the sense of “greedy band,” and we get—

“Deliver not to the greedy band your dove;
Forget not the band of the afflicted forever.”