Bible verse
Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
Psalm 74:21 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 74.
17 You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
19 Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
20 Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
21 Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
23 Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
KJV
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
ASV
Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
ERV
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
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