Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 74:21
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
21. O let not the oppressed &c.] Let not the crushed or down-trodden (Psa 9:9; Psa 10:18) turn back from Thee unanswered and disappointed.
let the poor &c.] Let the afflicted have cause to praise Thee for answered prayer.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
O 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 come back from thee with no assurance of thy favor; with no evidence that their prayers have been heard; let them not come back, subject to the reproach that they had made their appeal to thee in vain.
Let the poor and needy praise thy name – The people who are oppressed and helpless. Let them have occasion to praise thee because their prayer has been heard, and because thou dost save them.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Psa 74:21
Let the poor and needy praise Thy name.
The poor and needy have cause to praise Gods Name
Rev. Mark Guy Pearse relates that he was walking once beside some cliffs, when he saw a father draw near with his children; the two boys were running on in front, and every now and then the father called to them to be careful, and gave them various directions for their safety. But he was leading the little girl slowly and gently, for she was blind. Presently he sat down beside her and told her of all the beauties of the vision, cheering her by many a tender thought. He never let his healthy boys go beyond his sight and care, but the blind child he held continually by the hand. So let the weak ones be cheered and encouraged by the thought that for them there are special promises, special assurances of care: thank God, none of us can drift beyond the reach of His love, but His feeble children He is holding by the hand.
Psa 75:1-10
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 21. Let 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.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Return ashamed from thee, and from the throne of thy grace, to which they make their resort in this their distressed condition.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
21. oppressedbroken (Ps9:9).
returnfrom seekingGod.
ashamed (Ps35:4).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
O let not the oppressed return ashamed,…. From the throne of grace, not having an answer of their prayer, but still continuing under the oppressions of their enemies:
let the poor and needy praise thy name; let them have occasion for it, by the destruction of their enemies, and their deliverance from them, as they will have ere long; see Re 19:1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
21. Let not him who is oppressed return with shame. The word return, as it has a reference to God, is equivalent to the expression, to go away empty. The faithful, then, beseech Him that they may not be put to shame by suffering a repulse at his hands. They call themselves afflicted, poor, and needy, as an argument to obtain the Divine favor and mercy. It is, however, to be observed, that they do not speak insincerely, nor give an exaggerated representation of their distresses, but intimate, that by so many calamities they were brought to such a low condition, that there no longer remained for them any quarter in the world from which they could expect any help. By this example, we are taught that when we are reduced to the greatest extremity, there is a remedy always ready for our misery, in calling upon God.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(21) Oppressed.Literally, crushed. (See Psa. 9:9; Psa. 10:18.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
God had said, For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; Psa 12:5 . Well then, saith the church, in answer to this promise, Let not the oppressed return ashamed; let the poor and needy praise thee.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 74:21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Ver. 21. O let not the oppressed, &c. ] Contusus non revertatur confusus, let him not take the repulse, be disappointed of his expected help from heaven.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the oppressed = an oppressed one. Same as Psa 74:19.
return. Compare Psa 6:10.
the poor and needy praise = a poor one, and a needy one will praise.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
O let not: Psa 9:18, Psa 12:5, Psa 102:19-21, Psa 109:22, Isa 45:17
poor: Psa 102:21, Ezr 3:11, Jer 33:11
Reciprocal: Psa 67:3 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 74:21-23. O let not the oppressed return ashamed From thee, and from the throne of thy grace, to which they have recourse in this their distressed condition. It is for the honour of God that they who apply to him for help should not, by returning without it, suffer shame and confusion in the presence of their insulting adversaries. Let the poor and needy praise thy name Which they will have a fresh motive to do, if thou deliver us. O God, plead thine own cause Maintain thy honour, worship, and service, against those that reproach thee, as it here follows, and was observed before, Psa 74:10; Psa 74:18. As we are reviled and persecuted for thy sake, so thou art injured in all our wrongs. Forget not the voice of thine enemies Their insulting and reproachful expressions against thee, as well as against us. The tumult The tumultuous noise and loud clamours; of those that rise up against thee increaseth They grow worse and worse, encouraging and hardening themselves in their wicked courses by their continual success and prosperity, and by thy patience extended to them.