O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
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Gill's Exposition
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause,.... The church's cause being the cause of God; and therefore she desires that he would arise and exert himself, and take vengeance on his and her enemies: this is…
Barnes' Notes
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,”…
The psalmist here, in the name of the church, most earnestly begs that God would appear fro them against their enemies, and put an end to their present troubles. To encourage his own faith, he…
Cambridge Bible
O let not the oppressed&c. Let not the crushed or down-trodden (Psa 9:9; Psa 10:18) turn back from Thee unanswered and disappointed.
let the poor&c. Let the afflicted have cause to praise Thee for…
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