Psalms 74:21

Oppressed. — Literally, crushed. (See Psalms 9:9; Psalms 10:18.)

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 t...
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...
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...
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...
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 ) res...
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 cal...
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...
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 t...
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 deso...
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 chu...
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 oppressi...
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 revertat...
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....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Earnest Supplications; Pleading with God. 18 Remember this, that th...
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.
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...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Let the poor and needy praise Thy name. The poor and needy have cause to praise God’s Name Rev. Mark Guy Pearse relates that he was walking onc...
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 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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

O let not the oppressed return ashamed, on account of the Lord's refusal to give him the assistance he craved; let the poor and needy, the afflicte...
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
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

²¹ O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 74:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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