Psalms 146:7

Psalms 146:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
• New International Version (NIV)He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free,
• English Standard Version (ESV)who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.

Context of Psalms 146:7

5The person who knows that the God of Jacob will help him is a happy person! If he trusts in the Lord as his God, he is happy. 6The Lord made the skies, the earth and the sea. He also made everything that is in them. He always does what he has promised to do. He helps poor people to receive justice. He gives food to the hungry. He makes people that are in a prison go free. 8The Lord makes blind people see again. The Lord lifts up people who have fallen down. The Lord loves people who are righteous. 9The Lord takes care of strangers who live among us. He helps widows and children who have no family. But he stops wicked people doing what they want.

Psalms 146:7 word by word

עֹשֶׂ֤ה מִשְׁפָּ֨ט׀ לָעֲשׁוּקִ֗ים נֹתֵ֣ן לֶ֭חֶם לָרְעֵבִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה מַתִּ֥יר אֲסוּרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Which executethעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• for the oppressedעָשַׁק‛âshaq · to oppressH6231
• which givethנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• to the hungryרָעֵבrâ‛êb · hungryH7457
• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• loosethנָתַרnâthar · to freeH5425
• the prisonersאָסַר'âsar · to bindH631

Cross-references for Psalms 146:7

• Psalms 9:16The Lord has shown us who he is. We know that he brings justice. Wicked people will catch themselves in their own traps. Higgaion. Selah.
• Psalms 10:14Surely, God, you see what is happening. You see how wicked people bring pain and trouble. You decide what to do about it. The weak person trusts that you will help him. You take care of children who have no father.
• Psalms 12:5But the Lord says: ‘Now I will do something! I know the cruel things that wicked people do to poor people. When weak people cry with pain, I hear them. So I will make them safe, as they want me to do for them.’
• Psalms 72:4Please help the king to judge poor people fairly. May he save the children of weak people, and destroy those cruel people who hurt them.
• Psalms 103:6The Lord does what is right and fair. He helps poor people who suffer.
• Proverbs 22:221. Do not cheat poor people just because they are poor. Do not attack helpless people in court.
• Proverbs 23:1010. Never move a stone that has always shown the border of someone's land. Do not take for yourself the fields of people who have no family to help them.
• Isaiah 9:4They are happy because you have removed the power of their cruel enemies. They no longer have to carry a heavy load, as slaves. You have rescued them from their enemies, in the same way that you won against Midian's army.
• Malachi 3:5At that time, I will come among you as your judge. I will speak clearly against those who have done wrong things. I will punish the magicians, the adulterers and those who tell lies against other people. I will punish those people who are cruel to their workers, or they deceive widows or children who have no family. And I will punish those who do not help foreigners who live among them. People who do those things show that they do not respect me.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.
• Psalms 107:9He gives drink to people who are thirsty. He gives plenty of good things to hungry people.
• Psalms 145:15People look to you for help. You give them food when they need it.
• Jeremiah 31:14I will give the priests plenty of good things. My people will have everything that they need, because of all the good things that I give to them.’
• Luke 1:53He has fed hungry people with good things to eat. But he has sent rich people away with nothing.
• Luke 9:17Everybody ate and they all had enough food. They were not hungry any more. Then the disciples picked up the bits of food that people had not eaten. They filled 12 baskets with all the little bits of food.
• Psalms 68:6God gives homes and a family to lonely people. He makes prisoners go free so that they are happy. But people who turn against him have to live in a hot, dry land.

Commentaries on Psalms 146:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed - This is the third reason why the lot of those is a happy one who trust in God. It is because he has power to pronounce and execute a right judgment or sentence in regard to the oppressed and the wronged, and because it is characteristic of his nature that he does thus execute judgment. See the notes at Psalm 103:6: “The Lord executeth right. eousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.” Which giveth food…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 The psalmist encourages us to put confidence in God. We must hope in the providence of God for all we need as to this life, and in the grace of God for that which is to come. The God of heaven became a man that he might become our salvation. Though he died on the cross for our sins, and was laid in the grave, yet his thoughts of love to us did not perish; he rose again to fulfil them. When on earth, his miracles were examples of what he is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The call to praise (Psalm 146:1–2) leads to a warning against foolishness and false confidence (146:3–4). The psalm ends with a blessing for everyone who places their hope in the Lord (Psalm 146:5–7).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 146

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings