King James Version

Psalms 146:7

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

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עֹשֶׂ֤הosehdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “do”, a verb used as a describing wordH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…מִשְׁפָּ֨טmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…לָעֲשׁוּקִ֗יםlaashuqimto defraudעָשַׁקpreposition, with the article, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “to defraud”, a verb used as a describing wordH6231to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflowget deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).נֹתֵ֣ןnotengiveנָתַןverb, qal, participle, absolute — “give”, a verb used as a describing wordH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…לֶ֭חֶםlechembreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bread”, the ordinary formH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.לָרְעֵבִ֑יםlareevimto hungryרָעֵבpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “to hungry”, the ordinary formH7457hungry (more or less intensely)hunger bitten, hungry.יְ֝הוָ֗הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).מַתִּ֥ירmatirdrive asunderנָתַרverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “drive asunder”, a verb used as a describing wordH5425to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untiedrive asunder, leap, (let) loose, [idiom] make, move, undo.אֲסוּרִֽיםasurimbindאָסַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “bind”, a verb used as a describing wordH631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battlebind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; who giveth bread to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

Young’s Literal Translation

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

World English Bible

who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.

Darby Translation

Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;

Douay-Rheims

Sing ye to the Lord with praise: sing to our God upon the harp.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Who executeth justice for the oppressed; who giveth bread to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ποιοῦντα κρίμα τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις, διδόντα τροφὴν τοῖς πεινῶσι. Κύριος λύει πεπεδημένους,