Psalms 146:7

In 11 translations

BSB

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

KJV

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

WEB

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

ASV

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

LSV

Doing judgment for the oppressed, || Giving bread to the hungry.

YLT

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

DBY

Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

DRC145:7

Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered:

GNV

Which executeth iustice for the oppressed: which giueth bread to the hungry: the Lord loseth the prisoners.

JPS

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; who giveth bread to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners;

LXXE145:7

who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

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WLC

עֹשֶׂ֤ה מִשְׁפָּ֨ט ׀ לָעֲשׁוּקִ֗ים נֹתֵ֣ן לֶ֭חֶם לָרְעֵבִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה מַתִּ֥יר אֲסוּרִֽים׃

LXX-Br145:7

ποιοῦντα κρίμα τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις, διδόντα τροφὴν τοῖς πεινῶσι. Κύριος λύει πεπεδημένους,

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• Psalms 103:6The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
• Psalms 68:6God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
• Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
• Proverbs 22:22–23Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
• Zechariah 9:11–12As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
• Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
• Psalms 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
• Psalms 142:7Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.
• Psalms 107:9–10For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
• Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
• Psalms 107:14–16He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains. Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. For He has broken down the gates of…
• Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
• Acts 5:19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
• Psalms 136:25He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
• Luke 1:53He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
• Luke 9:17They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

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