O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Psalm 74 belongs to a group of psalms composed after the time of David. That group describes the sorrow and desolation of the Jewish people in captivity. It expresses their longing for deliverance and their prayers seeking it. The plea that the oppressed not be sent back in shame and that the poor and needy honor God is part of that captive cry for rescue.
Psalm 74 belongs to a group of psalms composed after the time of David. That group describes the sorrow and desolation of the Jewish people in captivity. It expresses their longing for deliverance and their prayers seeking it. The plea that the oppressed not be sent back in shame and that the poor and needy honor God is part of that captive cry for rescue.