King James Version
Psalms 146:7 in the King James Version says “Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 146 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:”
Psalms 146:7 · KJV
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“which giveth”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“looseth”
H5425to jump, i.e., be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie
“the prisoners”
H631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
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