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Psalm 146

Psa. 146:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Which executeth
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
for the oppressed
`ashaq (Hebrew #6231)
to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
KJV usage: get deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress((-ion)), -or), do violence (wrong).
Pronounce: aw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 6229)
: which giveth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
food
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
to the hungry
ra`eb (Hebrew #7457)
hungry (more or less intensely)
KJV usage: hunger bitten, hungry.
Pronounce: raw-abe'
Origin: from 7456
l. The Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
looseth
nathar (Hebrew #5425)
to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie
KJV usage: drive asunder, leap, (let) loose, X make, move, undo.
Pronounce: naw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
m the prisoners
'acar (Hebrew #631)
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
KJV usage: bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.
Pronounce: aw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Luke 1:53• 53He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty. (Luke 1:53)
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Psa. 68:6• 6God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. (Psa. 68:6)
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Psa. 107:14• 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder. (Psa. 107:14)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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executeth.
Psa. 9:16• 16Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. (Psa. 9:16)
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Psa. 10:14‑15,18• 14Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
 15Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
 18To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more. (Psa. 10:14‑15,18)
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Psa. 12:5• 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff. (Psa. 12:5)
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Psa. 72:4• 4He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor. (Psa. 72:4)
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Psa. 103:6• 6Jehovah executeth righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed. (Psa. 103:6)
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Prov. 22:22‑23• 22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
 23for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them. (Prov. 22:22‑23)
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Prov. 23:10‑11• 10Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
 11for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee. (Prov. 23:10‑11)
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Isa. 9:4• 4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. (Isa. 9:4)
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Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
which giveth food.
Psa. 107:9• 9For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good. (Psa. 107:9)
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Psa. 136:25• 25Who giveth food to all flesh, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:25)
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Psa. 145:15‑16• 15The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their food in its season.
 16Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. (Psa. 145:15‑16)
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Jer. 31:14• 14And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:14)
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Luke 1:53• 53He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty. (Luke 1:53)
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Luke 9:17• 17And they all ate and were filled; and there was taken up of what had remained over and above to them in fragments twelve hand-baskets. (Luke 9:17)
looseth.
Psa. 68:6• 6God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. (Psa. 68:6)
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Psa. 105:17‑20• 17He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.
 18They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons;
 19Until the time when what he said came about: the word of Jehovah tried him.
 20The king sent and loosed him--the ruler of peoples--and let him go free. (Psa. 105:17‑20)
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Psa. 107:10,14‑16• 10Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.
 15Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
 16For he hath broken the gates of bronze, and cut asunder the bars of iron. (Psa. 107:10,14‑16)
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Psa. 142:7• 7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may celebrate thy name. The righteous shall surround me, because thou dealest bountifully with me. (Psa. 142:7)
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Isa. 61:1• 1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound; (Isa. 61:1)
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Zech. 9:11‑12• 11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
 12Turn again to the stronghold, prisoners of hope! even to-day do I declare I will render double unto thee. (Zech. 9:11‑12)
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Luke 4:18• 18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered, (Luke 4:18)
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Acts 5:19• 19But an angel of the Lord during the night opened the doors of the prison, and leading them out, said, (Acts 5:19)
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Acts 16:26• 26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison shook, and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bonds of all loosed. (Acts 16:26)
• In the latter part of the psalm the Lord brings a release to the creation that has suffered under the bondage of corruption on account of sin (Rom 8:20-23). Blind eyes are opened, and those bowed down (Lk. 13:11-13) are healed (vs. 7b-10 JND Translation). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• He is a righteous God that executes judgment for the oppressed. He is a bountiful God “who giveth bread to the hungry.” He is a gracious God, who looses the prisoner, opens the eyes of the blind, and raises up them that are bowed down. (“Psalms 146” by H. Smith)
• {v.7-8} His tender mercy is brought out for the comfort of those that are in sorrow. The oppressed, the hungry, the prisoners come before Him, are the objects of His care and power; the blind He gives eves to, raises up those that are bowed down. All this is comfort of heart to those that are in sorrow and trial, that are oppressed. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 146-150” by J.N. Darby)
• But farther, He loves the righteous, so that men, whatever comes upon them, can trust in Him. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 146-150” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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