Psalms 74:21

74:21 Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame!

Let the oppressed and poor praise your name!

Psalms 109:29

109:29 My accusers will be covered with shame,

and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.


sn Let the oppressed and poor praise your name! The statement is metonymic. The point is this: May the oppressed be delivered from their enemies! Then they will have ample reason to praise God’s name.

tn Heb “clothed.” Another option is to translate the prefixed verbal forms in this line and the next as jussives (“may my accusers be covered with shame”).