King James Version
Psalms 74:21 in the King James Version says “O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 74 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.”
Psalms 74:21 · KJV
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
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.
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. increaseth: Heb. ascendeth
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“praise”
H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causativ
“thy name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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