KJV King James Version
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
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Psalm 146:7
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
WEB World English Bible
who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
ASV American Standard Version
Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.
Surrounding context — Psalm 146
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
5 Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God:
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever:
7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
8 The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
10 The LORD shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
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Psalm 103:6The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.Psalm 68:6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry [land].Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound;Proverbs 22:22-23Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Zechariah 9:11-12As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein [is] no water.Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,Psalm 10:18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.Psalm 142:7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.Psalm 107:9-10For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.Psalm 136:25Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.Isaiah 9:4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.Psalm 72:4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.Psalm 12:5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.Luke 9:17And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.Luke 1:53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.Psalm 145:15-16The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.Acts 16:26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.Psalm 10:14-15Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
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