Psalm 146:7 {145:7}
Good News Translation
he judges in favor of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free

New Revised Standard Version
who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free;

Contemporary English Version
He gives justice to the poor and food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free

New American Bible
secures justice for the oppressed, who gives bread to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free;

Douay-Rheims Bible
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:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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:

executeth

Psalm 9:16 The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.

Psalm 10:14,15,18 Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan. . . .

Psalm 12:5 By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety: I will deal confidently in his regard.

Psalm 72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.

Psalm 103:6 The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.

Proverbs 22:22,23 Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate: . . .

Proverbs 23:10,11 Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless: . . .

Isaiah 9:4 For the yoke of their burden, and the rod of their shoulder, and the sceptre of their oppressor thou hast overcome, as in the day of Madian.

Malachi 3:5 And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

which giveth food

Psalm 107:9 For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.

Psalm 136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 145:15,16 The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat in due season. . . .

Jeremiah 31:14 And I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness: and my people shall be filled with my good things, saith the Lord.

Luke 1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.

Luke 9:17 And they did all eat and were filled. And there were taken up of fragments that remained to them, twelve baskets.

looseth

Psalm 68:6 God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.

Psalm 105:17-20 He sent a man before them: Joseph, who was sold for a slave. . . .

Psalm 107:10,14-16 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron. . . .

Psalm 142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me.

Isaiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.

Zechariah 9:11,12 Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water. . . .

Luke 4:18 The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart,

Acts 5:19 But an angel of the Lord by night, opening the doors of the prison and leading them out, said:

Acts 16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened and the bands of all were loosed.

Context
Praise the LORD, O My Soul
6Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them. 7Who 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:8The Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just.…
Cross References
Psalm 68:6
God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.

Psalm 99:4
And the king's honour loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared directions: thou hast done judgment and justice in Jacob.

Psalm 102:20
That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:

Psalm 103:6
The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.

Psalm 107:9
For he hath satisfied the empty soul, and hath filled the hungry soul with good things.

Psalm 142:7
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me.

Psalm 145:15
The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat in due season.

Isaiah 61:1
The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.

Psalm 146:6
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