Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners:
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWho executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.
Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.