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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 hath filled the hungry with good things; and sent the rich empty away. (Luke 1:53)
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Psa. 68:6• 6God maketh the solitary to dwell in a house;{HR}Prisoners he bringeth out into prosperity:{HR}But rebels dwell in a parched [land]. (Psa. 68:6)
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Psa. 107:14• 14He bringeth them out of darkness and death-shade,{HR}And their bonds he rendeth. (Psa. 107:14)

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Ministry on This Verse

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executeth.
Psa. 9:16• 16Jehovah is become known;{HR}He hath executed judgment:{HR}In the work of his own hands the wicked [man] is ensnared.{HR}Higgayon. Selah. (Psa. 9:16)
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Psa. 10:14‑15,18• 14Thou hast seen;{HR}Thou beholdest mischief and provocation to requite it with thy hand;{HR}The wretched committeth himself to thee;{HR}[Of] the orphan thou hast been the helper.
 15Break thou the arm of the wicked [man] and the evil [man]:{HR}Thou shall search out his wickedness, [till] thou shalt find nothing.
 18To judge the orphan and the oppressed:{HR}He shall continue no more to terrify man from the earth. (Psa. 10:14‑15,18)
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Psa. 12:5• 5Because of the oppression of the afflicted,{HR}Because of the groaning of the needy,{HR}Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;{HR}I will place in safety [from] him that puffeth at him. (Psa. 12:5)
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Psa. 72:4• 4He will judge the afflicted of the people,{HR}He will save the sons of the needy,{HR}And will crush the oppressor. (Psa. 72:4)
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Psa. 103:6• 6Jehovah doeth righteousnesses{HR}And judgments for all oppressed. (Psa. 103:6)
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Prov. 22:22‑23• 22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor,{HR}Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
 23For Jehovah will plead their cause,{HR}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,{HR}And enter not into the fields of the fatherless;
 11For their redeemer [is] strong;{HR}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 false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling 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 satisfied the craving soul,{HR}And filled with good the hungry soul. (Psa. 107:9)
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Psa. 136:25• 25Giving bread to all flesh;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:25)
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Psa. 145:15‑16• 15The eyes of all wait on thee;{HR}And thou givest them their food in its season.
 16Thou openest thy hand{HR}And satisfiest the pleasure 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 hath filled the hungry with good things; and sent the rich empty away. (Luke 1:53)
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Luke 9:17• 17And they all ate and were all filled; and there was taken up of what had remained over and above to them twelve hand-baskets. (Luke 9:17)
looseth.
Psa. 68:6• 6God maketh the solitary to dwell in a house;{HR}Prisoners he bringeth out into prosperity:{HR}But rebels dwell in a parched [land]. (Psa. 68:6)
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Psa. 105:17‑20• 17He sent a man before them;{HR}Joseph was sold for a slave.
 18They hurt with the fetters his feet;{HR}[Into] iron went his soul,
 19Until the time his word came;{HR}Jehovah's saying tried him.
 20A king sent and loosed him,{HR}A ruler of peoples,{HR}And set him free. (Psa. 105:17‑20)
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Psa. 107:10,14‑16• 10Dwellers in darkness and death-shade,{HR}Bound in affliction and iron,
 14He bringeth them out of darkness and death-shade,{HR}And their bonds he rendeth.
 15O that [they] might give thanks to Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
 16For he broke the gates of brass{HR}And cut off 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 give thanks to thy name:{HR}The righteous shall compass me round,{HR}For 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 preach good 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 the bound; (Isa. 61:1)
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Zech. 9:11‑12• 11{i}As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.{/i}
 12Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even today do I declare that I will render double unto thee; (Zech. 9:11‑12)
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Luke 4:18• 18[The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he hath sent me [to heal the broken-hearted], 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 by 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 were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and the bands of all were loosed. (Acts 16:26)
• {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)
• 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)
• 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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Doing judgment for the oppressed,{HR}Giving bread to the hungry.{HR}Jehovah looseth the prisoners;