Psalms 146:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֹשֶׂ֤ה מִשְׁפָּ֨ט ׀ לָעֲשׁוּקִ֗ים נֹתֵ֣ן לֶ֭חֶם לָרְעֵבִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה מַתִּ֥יר אֲסוּרִֽים׃

Transliteration

ʿoseh mishpat la-ʿashuqim noten leḥem la-reʿebim YHWH mattir ʾasurim

Grammar Details

*ʿoseh*: qal participle, masculine, singular - executing/doing
*mishpat*: noun, masculine, singular - justice/judgment
*la-ʿashuqim*: preposition + qal passive participle, masculine, plural - for the oppressed
*noten*: qal participle, masculine, singular - giving
*leḥem*: noun, masculine, singular - bread/food
*la-reʿebim*: preposition + qal participle, masculine, plural - to the hungry
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
*mattir*: hiphil participle, masculine, singular - releasing/setting free
*ʾasurim*: qal passive participle, masculine, plural - prisoners/those who are bound

Word Meanings

*mishpat*: justice/judgment/right
*ʿashuqim*: oppressed/exploited
*leḥem*: bread/food/sustenance
*mattir*: sets free/releases/liberates
*ʾasurim*: prisoners/bound ones/captives

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Referenced Verses

Ps 103:6 : 6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Ps 68:6 : 6 God setteth{H8688)} the solitary in families: he bringeth out{H8688)} those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious{H8802)} dwell{H8804)} in a dry land.
Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Jer 31:14 : 14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
Zech 9:11-12 : 11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. 12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
Mal 3:5 : 5 And 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 the LORD of hosts.
Luke 1:53 : 53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 9:17 : 17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
Acts 5:19 : 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
Acts 16:26 : 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 every one's bands were loosed.
Ps 105:17-20 : 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. 20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
Ps 107:9-9 : 9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Ps 107:14-16 : 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Ps 136:25 : 25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Ps 142:7 : 7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Isa 9:4 : 4 For 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.
Ps 72:4 : 4 He shall judge{H8799)} the poor of the people, he shall save{H8686)} the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces{H8762)} the oppressor{H8802)}.
Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Ps 10:14-15 : 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Ps 12:5 : 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

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