Psalms 74:21

74:20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

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

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Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

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

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

74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

What does Psalms 74:21 mean?

Psalms 74:21 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include דַּךְ (dak), שׁוּב (shûwb), כָּלַם (kâlam).

Hebrew interlinear

let

not

the

oppressedדַּךְdak/dak/H1790crushed, i.e. (figuratively) injured

returnשׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

ashamed:כָּלַםkâlam/kaw-lawm'/H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult

let

the

poorעָנִיʻânîy/aw-nee'/H6041depressed, in mind or circumstances

and

needyאֶבְיוֹןʼebyôwn/eb-yone'/H34destitute

praiseהָלַלhâlal/haw-lal'/H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify

thy

name.שֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

Topics

Oppression Poor, the Zeal, Religious

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 74:21.

Deuteronomy 15:11

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Deuteronomy 24:14

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

Job 24:14

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Job 24:4

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Psalms 109:16

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Psalms 12:5

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. puffeth: or, would ensnare him

Psalms 35:10

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Psalms 37:14

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. such: Heb. the upright of way

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 74:21 say?

Psalms 74:21 (King James Version) reads: "O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name."

Is Psalms 74:21 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 74:21 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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