Psalms 74:21

“O let not the oppressed return ashamed, etc.] From the throne of grace, not having an answer of their prayer, but still continuing under the oppressions of their enemies: let the poor and needy praise thy name; let them have occasion for it, by the destruction of their enemies, and their deliverance from them, as they will have ere long; (see <661901>Revelation 19:1,2).”

“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 the notes at Job 6:20. The word rendered “oppressed,” means “trodden down, crushed, broken, afflicted.” It refers to the people as attacked by foreign armies, or as crushed by those who had gained power over them. The word “return” refers to their coining back from God - from the throne of mercy. Let them not come back from thee with no assurance of thy favor; with no evidence that their prayers have been heard; let them not come back, subject to the reproach that they had made their appeal to thee in vain. Let the poor and needy praise thy name -…”

“Return - From the throne of thy grace, to which they make their resort. Next: Psalms Chapter 75”

“O let not: Psa 9:18, Psa 12:5, Psa 102:19-21, Psa 109:22; Isa 45:17 poor: Psa 102:21; Ezr 3:11; Jer 33:11 Psalms 74:22”