Psalms 74:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 74:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 “oppre...
Psalms 74:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXIV. The date may be fixed with certainty and that within narrow limits. The Jews are suffering extreme distress, but apparently by no fault of their own, for there is no confession of sin. The p...
Psalms 74:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the oppressed . an oppressed one. Same as Psalms 74:19 . return. Compare Psalms 6:10 . the poor and needy praise . a poor one, and. needy one will praise.
Psalms 74:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the 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 th...
Psalms 74:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. Let not the oppressed return ashamed - Do not permit thy people to be so diminished, that when, according to thy promis...
Psalms 74:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. -The prayer ( Psalms 74:1-2 ) resumed and expanded. Verse 18. Remember this - a...
Psalms 74:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74, 79 seem to reflect the same historical situation, and are usually ascribed to the same author. Both were written in a time of national calamity, when the Temple was profaned ( Psalms 74 ),...
Psalms 74:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Oppressed. — Literally, crushed. (See Psalms 9:9 ; Psalms 10:18 .)
Psalms 74:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:1-23 Two periods only correspond to the circumstances described in this psalm and its companion ( Psalms 79:1-13 )-namely, the Chaldean invasion and sack of Jerusalem, and the persecutio...
Psalms 74:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Plead Thine Own Cause, O God” Psalms 74:12-23 Yet! Psalms 74:12 , r.v. There is always some compensating and consolatory thought. God is in the background of our thought. Not only the King,...
Psalms 74:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a great complaint, but it is a complaint of faith. Hardly a gleam of light is found throughout. The singer sits in the midst of national desolation and pours out his soul to God in passionate...
Psalms 74:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

God had said, For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; Psalms 12:5 . Well then, saith the church, in answer to this promise, Let not the oppres...
Psalms 74:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 pra...
Psalms 74:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 dis...
Psalms 74:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 74:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Earnest Supplications; Pleading with God. 18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O L ORD , and that the...
Psalms 74:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Return ashamed from thee, and from the throne of thy grace, to which they make their resort in this their distressed condition.
Psalms 74:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“A Maschil of Asaph,” i.e., an Instruction of Asaph, a Didactic Song by Asaph. See introduction to Psalms 1 . “But here we cannot have the least idea of the author...
Psalms 74:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. Maschil of Asaph; that is, instruction, as Psalms 32 . The EDDA is the title of the Icelandic poem, which also signifies instruction. This mournful ode is also alleged to have been written...
Psalms 74:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

O God, why hast Thou cast us off for ever? why doth Thine anger smoke against the sheep of Thy pasture? The wail and prayer of a true patriot I. The wail ( Psalms 74:1-17 ). 1. Some communi...
Psalms 74:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION " THE misery of the Jews is here at its deepest". The psalmist describes Jerusalem as fallen into "perpetual ruins" ( Psalms 74:3 ). The temple is violated ( Psalms 74:3 ); its carve...
Psalms 74:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for the Preservation of the Church. Maschil, a didactic poem, of Asaph, a prophetic psalm, foretelling some of the afflictions which would befall the Church of God, in the Old Testament as...
Psalms 74:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 3:11 ; Isaiah 45:17 ; Jeremiah 33:11 ; Psalms 102:19-21 ; Psalms 109:22 ; Psalms 12:5 ; Psalms 9:18 ; Psalms 102:21
Psalms 74:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Return — From the throne of thy grace, to which they make their resort.

Psalms 74:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 74:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 74:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 74:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 74:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 74:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 74:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 74:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 74:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 74:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 74:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 74:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 74:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 74:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 74:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 74:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 74:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 74:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 74:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes