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Psalms 146:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners. "
Psalms 146:7
Verse in Context
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5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,
6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;
7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.
8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous.
9 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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Psalms 146:1
"Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul."
Psalms 146:2
"While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist."
Psalms 146:3
"Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help."
Psalms 146:4
"His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish."
Psalms 146:5
"Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,"
Psalms 146:6
"who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;"
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