Psalms 74:21 meaning and explanation

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

Psalms 74:21, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is Asaph, a temple singer, lamenting the destruction of the sanctuary and asking God to act on behalf of his covenant people. In verse 21 he pleads that the oppressed not be turned back in shame, disgraced by unanswered prayer, and that the poor and needy, having been rescued, might have reason to praise God's name.

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