Psalms 74:21
O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; let the poor and needy praise Thy name.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
In Context
20Look upon the covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
22Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man.
Cross References
Psalms 9:18(9-19) For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
Psalms 35:10All my bones shall say: 'LORD, who is like unto Thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?'
Psalms 103:6The LORD executeth righteousness, and acts of justice for all that are oppressed.
Isaiah 45:17O Israel, that art saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:19-23
Earnest Supplications; Pleading with God. 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord , and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause:… Read the whole commentary →