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7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
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The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. …
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 . I. Let us…
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