who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The LORD frees the prisoners.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 146:7 in context
Psalms 146:4–10
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His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth.
In that very day, his thoughts perish.
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Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
whose hope is in the LORD, his God,
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who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps truth forever;
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who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The LORD frees the prisoners.
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The LORD opens the eyes of the blind.
The LORD raises up those who are bowed down.
The LORD loves the righteous.
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The LORD preserves the foreigners.
He upholds the fatherless and widow,
but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.
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