The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 146:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Which executeth judgment for the oppressed (comp. Psalms 103:6, "The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed"). Israel's history was an ample comment on this text. Which giveth food to the hungry (comp.

Psalms 145:15, Psalms 145:16, and the comment ad loc.). The Lord looseth the prisoners. Either captive nations, as Israel; or individuals, as Jeremiah from his dungeon (Jeremiah 37:16, Jeremiah 37:17), Daniel from the lions' den (Daniel 6:23), Peter from his prison-house (Acts 12:7-10), and the like.

Deliverance from the bands of sin may also be intended.

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