Psalm 74:21

Translations

Modern

Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

Traditional

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Literal

Do not let the oppressed turn back, having been disgraced; let the afflicted and needy ones praise Your name.

Latin

Ne avertatur humilis factus confusus; pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum.

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Hebrew

English

Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

Notes

Psalms 74:19–23

The poet urges God to act.

Psalms 74:1–23

The psalmist laments the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. This happened in 586 BC. The psalmist uses vivid imagery, asks questions, recalls fresh memories, and directly asks the Lord to act (Psalm 74:19–23).

Psalms 73:1–75:10

The seeming success of the wicked (Psalm 73) and God's apparent rejection of his people (Psalm 74) raise questions about his justice. God rules the entire world and decides when to judge (Psalm 75).

Theme notes and profiles

Questions and Doubt The Poor and Needy in the Psalms

Related verses

Psalm 12:5
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
Ezra 3:11
And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
Psalm 103:6
The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
Psalm 35:10
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
Psalm 9:18
For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
Isaiah 45:17
But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
Jeremiah 33:11
…the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
Psalm 102:19–21
For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
Psalm 109:22
For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

Psalm 74:21

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