Psalms 74:21-23

O let not the oppressed return ashamed From thee, and from the throne of thy grace, to which they have recourse in this their distressed condition. “It is for the honour of God that they who apply to him for help should not, by returning without it, suffer shame and confusion in the presence of their insulting adversaries.” Let the poor and needy praise thy name Which they will have a fresh motive to do, if thou deliver us. O God, plead thine own cause Maintain thy honour, worship, and service, against those that reproach thee, as it here follows, and was observed before, Psalms 74:10; Psalms 74:18. As we are reviled and persecuted for thy sake, so thou art injured in all our wrongs. Forget not the voice of thine enemies Their insulting and reproachful expressions against thee, as well as against us. The tumult The tumultuous noise and loud clamours; of those that rise up against thee increaseth They grow worse and worse, encouraging and hardening themselves in their wicked courses by their continual success and prosperity, and by thy patience extended to them.