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Psalms 103:6 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.


Psalms 103:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 103:66 words
HebrewMeaning
עֹשֵׂ֣הʿōśēh
is doingverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
צְדָק֣וֹתṣədāqwōt
righteousnessnounH6666
moderately · right (act · -ly · -ness)
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וּ֝/מִשְׁפָּטִ֗יםwmišəpāṭiym
and judgmentsconjH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
לְ/כָלləkāl
for allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֲשׁוּקִֽיםʿăšwqiym
those who are oppressedverbH6231
deceive · defraud · drink up · oppress ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 103:6

1. ...“Bless the Lord, O my soul! And all that is within me, His holy Name” Psalm 102:1. I suppose that he speaks not of what is within the body; I do not suppose him to mean this, that our lungs and liver, and so forth, are to burst forth into the voice of blessing of the Lord. There are lungs in our breast indeed, like a kind of bellows, which send forth successive breathings, which breathing forth of the air inhaled is pressed out into voice and sound, when the words are…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 103 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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