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Ps 146:7 King James Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed - This is the third reason why the lot of those is a happy one who trust in God. It is because he has power to pronounce and execute a right judgment or sentence in regard to the oppressed and the wronged, and because it is characteristic of his nature that he does thus execute judgment. See the notes at Psa 103:6 : "The Lord executeth right. eousness and judgment for all that are oppressed."

Which giveth food to the hungry - See the notes at Psa 107:9 : "For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness." This is the fourth reason why they who confide in God are happy. Compare Luk 1:53 : "He hath filled the hungry with good things."

The Lord looseth the prisoners - This is the fifth reason why they who trust in the Lord are "happy." Compare the notes at Psa 68:6 : "He bringeth out those which are bound with chains." See also the notes at Psa 107:10 : "Being bound in affliction and iron." Compare Job 36:8-9.
 
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8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.