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Psalms 146:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 146:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 146:79 words
HebrewMeaning
עֹשֶׂ֤הʿōśeh
who doesverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
מִשְׁפָּ֨טmišəpāṭ
justicenounH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
לָ/עֲשׁוּקִ֗יםlāʿăšwqiym
for the oppressedpronH6231
deceive · defraud · drink up · oppress ···
נֹתֵ֣ןnōtēn
who givesverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לֶ֭חֶםleḥem
foodnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
לָ/רְעֵבִ֑יםlārəʿēbiym
to the hungry peoplepronH7457
hungry
יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מַתִּ֥ירmatiyr
is setting freeverbH5425
leap · loose · make · move ···
אֲסוּרִֽיםʾăswriym
prisonersverbH631
fast · gird · harness · hold ···
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 146:7

1. ...Behold the Psalm sounds; it is the voice of some one (and that some one are you, if you will), of some one encouraging his soul to praise God, and saying to himself, “Praise the Lord, O my soul” Psalm 145:1. For sometimes in the tribulations and temptations of this present life, whether we will or no, our soul is troubled; of which troubling he speaks in another Psalm. But to remove this troubling, he suggests joy; not as yet in reality, but in hope; and says to it when…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 146 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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