Psalms 74:21
O let not the afflicted go away ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise thy name!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
In Context
20Have regard to thy covenant! For all the dark places of the land are full of the abodes of cruelty.
22Arise, O God! maintain thy cause! Remember how the impious revileth thee daily!
Cross References
Psalms 9:18For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.
Psalms 35:10All my bones shall say, Who, O LORD! is like thee, Who dost rescue the afflicted from the oppressor, The afflicted and destitute from the spoiler?
Psalms 103:6The LORD executeth justice And equity for all the oppressed.
Isaiah 45:17But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation; Ye shall never be ashamed, nor confounded.
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 →