Psalms 146:7
Which executeth iustice for the oppressed: which giueth bread to the hungry: the Lord loseth the prisoners.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6Which made heauen and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth his fidelitie for euer:
8The Lord giueth sight to the blinde: the Lord rayseth vp the crooked: the Lord loueth the righteous.
Cross References
Psalms 10:14Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.
Psalms 12:5Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.
Psalms 68:6God maketh the solitarie to dwell in families, and deliuereth them that were prisoners in stocks: but the rebellious shall dwell in a dry land.
Psalms 72:4He shall iudge the poore of the people: he shall saue the children of the needie, and shall subdue the oppressor.
Psalms 105:17But he sent a man before them: Ioseph was solde for a slaue.
Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkenes, and out of the shadowe of death, and brake their bandes asunder.
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 →