Psalms 74:21

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“Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.”

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BSBPD

“Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 74:21 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezra 3:11And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
  2. Psalms 9:18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
  3. Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
  4. Psalms 35:10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
  5. Psalms 102:19For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
  6. Psalms 103:6The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
  7. Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
  8. Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
  9. Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.

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