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Psalms 74:21
21Let not the oppressed return dishonored; Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.
Psalms 74:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, do not let the oppressed return ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise Your name.
Context of Psalms 74:21
19Oh, do not hand over the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever. 20Consider the covenant [You made with Abraham], For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. Let not the oppressed return dishonored; Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name. 22Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man scoffs at You all day long. 23Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries, The uproar of those who rise against You, which ascends continually [to Your ears].
Read all of Psalms 74Psalms 74:21 word by word
אַל־יָשֹׁ֣ב דַּ֣ךְ נִכְלָ֑ם עָנִ֥י וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹן יְֽהַלְל֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 74:21
- Psalms 9:18For the poor will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the burdened perish forever.
- Psalms 12:5“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
- Psalms 102:19For He looked down from His holy height [of His sanctuary], From heaven the Lord gazed on the earth,
- Psalms 109:22For I am suffering and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
- Isaiah 45:17Israel has been saved by the Lord With an everlasting salvation; You will not be put to shame or humiliated for all eternity.
- Psalms 102:21So that people may declare the name of the Lord in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem,
- Ezra 3:11They sang [responsively], praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness (mercy) toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
- Jeremiah 33:11the [sound of the] voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the [song-filled] voice of those who say, “Give praise and thanks to the Lord of hosts, For the Lord is good; For His [steadfast] lovingkindness (mercy) endures forever”; and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of the Lord. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says the Lord.
Commentaries on Psalms 74:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Let not the oppressed return ashamed - Do not permit thy people to be so diminished, that when, according to thy promise, they are restored to their own land, they may appear to be but a handful of men.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21O let not the oppressed return ashamed - Ashamed by being disappointed, as if they had trusted in that which had no claims to confidence. Compare the notes at Job 6:20. The word rendered “oppressed,” means “trodden down, crushed, broken, afflicted.” It refers to the people as attacked by foreign armies, or as crushed by those who had gained power over them. The word “return” refers to their coining back from God - from the throne of mercy. Let them not…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-23Verses 18-23 The psalmist begs that God would appear for the church against their enemies. The folly of such as revile his gospel and his servants will be plain to all. Let us call upon our God to enlighten the dark nations of the earth; and to rescue his people, that the poor and needy may praise his name. Blessed Saviour, thou art the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Make thy people more than conquerors. Be thou, Lord, all in all to them in every…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-23The poet urges God to act.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. oppressed--broken (Psa 9:9). return--from seeking God. ashamed--(Psa 35:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 74
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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