Psalms 146:7
who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. LORD releases the prisoners.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps truth forever,
Cross References
Psalms 10:14Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits [himself] to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.
Psalms 68:6God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
Psalms 72:4He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the sons of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalms 105:17He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a servant.
Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds apart.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 146:6-10
Encouragement to Trust in God. 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:… Read the whole commentary →