7 Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.
Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.
God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have inhabited a dry place.
Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not, For their Redeemer `is' strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.
and suddenly a great earthquake came, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, opened also presently were all the doors, and of all -- the bands were loosed;
and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.
`The Spirit of the Lord `is' upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,
And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.
Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it. Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.
Because the yoke of its burden, And the staff of its shoulder, the rod of its exactor, Thou hast broken as `in' the day of Midian.
Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.
The eyes of all unto Thee do look, And Thou art giving to them their food in its season, Opening Thy hand, and satisfying The desire of every living thing.
Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon me!
He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away. They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men. For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut.
For He hath satisfied a longing soul, And a hungry soul hath filled `with' goodness. Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,
He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold. They have afflicted with fetters his feet, Iron hath entered his soul, Till the time of the coming of His word The saying of Jehovah hath tried him. The king hath sent, and looseth him, The ruler of the peoples, and draweth him out.
He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.
Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety `him who' doth breathe for it.
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Commentary on Psalms 146 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 146
This and all the rest of the psalms that follow begin and end with Hallelujah, a word which puts much of God's praise into a little compass; for in it we praise him by his name Jah, the contraction of Jehovah. In this excellent psalm of praise,
Psa 146:1-4
David is supposed to have penned this psalm; and he was himself a prince, a mighty prince; as such, it might be thought,
Psa 146:5-10
The psalmist, having cautioned us not to trust in princes (because, if we do, we shall be miserably disappointed), here encourages us to put our confidence in God, because, if we do so, we shall be happily secured: Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, that has an interest in his attributes and promises, and has them engaged for him, and whose hope is in the Lord his God.