Psalms 74:21
Do not let the oppressed be turned back in shame; 1 let the poor and oppressed praise your name. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
In Context
20Remember your covenant, 1 for the dark regions of the land are full of places of violence. 1
22Arise, God; defend your own honor; 1 call to mind how fools insult you all day long. 1
Cross References
Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten, 1 nor will the hope of the oppressed be forever dashed. 1
Psalms 35:10All my bones will say, “Yahweh, who is like you, 1 who rescues the oppressed from those who are too strong for them 1 and the poor and needy from those who try to rob them?” 1
Psalms 103:6Yahweh does what is fair 1 and does acts of justice for all who are oppressed. 1
Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation; 1 you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. 1
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 →