Psalms 146:8
LORD opens [the eyes of] the blind. LORD raises up those who are bowed down. LORD loves the righteous.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. LORD releases the prisoners.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:3Yea, he loves the people. All his sanctified are in thy hand, and they sat down at thy feet. He shall receive from thy words.
Psalms 145:14LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Isaiah 42:18Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Matthew 11:5the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor are proclaimed good-news.
Luke 18:41saying, What do thou want that I would do to thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive sight.
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 →