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New King James Version

Psalms 103:6

The LORD executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Oppression;   Thompson Chain Reference - Divine;   Justice;   Justice-Injustice;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Judges;   Oppression;   Resurrection;   Ways;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Servant;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Justice;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joy;   Psalms;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abyss;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Justice;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Grace, Divine;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 19;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord executeth righteousnes & iudgement to all that are oppressed.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord executes acts of righteousnessand justice for all the oppressed.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD executes righteous acts, And justice for all who are oppressed.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord does what is fair. He brings justice to all who have been hurt by others.
Amplified Bible
The LORD executes righteousness And justice for all the oppressed.
American Standard Version
Jehovah executeth righteous acts, And judgments for all that are oppressed.
Contemporary English Version
For all who are mistreated, the Lord brings justice.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai brings vindication and justice to all who are oppressed.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD executeth righteousness, and acts of justice for all that are oppressed.
King James Version (1611)
The Lord executeth righteousnesse: and iudgement for all that are oppressed.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured.
English Revised Version
The LORD executeth righteous acts, and judgments for all that are oppressed.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh does deeds of justice and judgments for all who are oppressed,
Literal Translation
Jehovah works righteousness and judgments for all the oppressed.
New Century Version
The Lord does what is right and fair for all who are wronged by others.
New English Translation
The Lord does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed.
New Living Translation
The Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly.
New Life Bible
The Lord does what is right and fair for all who suffer under a bad power.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh is one, who executeth righteousness, Yea vindication for all the oppressed.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(102-6) The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Good News Translation
The Lord judges in favor of the oppressed and gives them their rights.
New American Standard Bible
The LORD performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed.
King James Version
The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
God executeth iustice and iudgement: for all them that are oppressed with wrong.
New Revised Standard
The Lord works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed.
Darby Translation
Jehovah executeth righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord doynge mercies; and doom to alle men suffringe wrong.
Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.
World English Bible
Yahweh executes righteous acts, And justice for all who are oppressed.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed.
Update Bible Version
Yahweh executes righteous acts, And judgments for all that are oppressed.
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment, for all them yt suffre wronge.
THE MESSAGE
God makes everything come out right; he puts victims back on their feet. He showed Moses how he went about his work, opened up his plans to all Israel. God is sheer mercy and grace; not easily angered, he's rich in love. He doesn't endlessly nag and scold, nor hold grudges forever. He doesn't treat us as our sins deserve, nor pay us back in full for our wrongs. As high as heaven is over the earth, so strong is his love to those who fear him. And as far as sunrise is from sunset, he has separated us from our sins. As parents feel for their children, God feels for those who fear him. He knows us inside and out, keeps in mind that we're made of mud. Men and women don't live very long; like wildflowers they spring up and blossom, But a storm snuffs them out just as quickly, leaving nothing to show they were here. God 's love, though, is ever and always, eternally present to all who fear him, Making everything right for them and their children as they follow his Covenant ways and remember to do whatever he said.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Lord performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh performs righteous deedsAnd judgments for all who are oppressed.

Contextual Overview

6 The LORD executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed. 7 He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel. 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. 9 He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father pities his children, So the LORD pities those who fear Him. 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

executeth: Psalms 9:9, Psalms 10:14-18, Psalms 12:5, Psalms 72:4, Psalms 72:12, Psalms 109:31, Psalms 146:7, Deuteronomy 24:14, Deuteronomy 24:15, Job 27:13-23, Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 22:23, Proverbs 23:10, Isaiah 14:4-32, Isaiah 14:17-19, Isaiah 58:6, Isaiah 58:7, Jeremiah 7:6-15, Ezekiel 22:7, Ezekiel 22:12-14, Micah 2:1-3, Micah 3:2-4, James 2:6, James 5:1-6

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:10 - General Deuteronomy 10:18 - doth Psalms 7:6 - to the Psalms 101:1 - I will sing Psalms 119:137 - General Psalms 145:17 - righteous Luke 14:22 - and yet

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. Not only for the Israelites oppressed by the Egyptians, though the psalmist might have them in his view, by what follows; for whom the Lord did justice, by delivering them out of the hands of their oppressors, and by punishing Pharaoh and his people, and bringing down judgments upon them, both in Egypt and at the Red sea; but for all other oppressed ones in common, the poor, the widow, and the fatherless, who are often oppressed by the rich and mighty; the Lord judges their cause, and does them right, and frees them from their oppression; and so all good men who are oppressed by tyrannical princes and cruel persecutors, and all such whom the man of the earth, the man of sin, antichrist, oppresses, Psalms 10:18 and all those who are oppressed by the devil, buffeted by Satan, and bore down with his temptations; the Lord rebukes him in his own time, and delivers his people out of his hands; which is matter of praise and thankfulness: the psalmist, in this verse and the following, passes to the consideration of the good things God did for others, in order to keep up a warm sense of divine goodness upon his heart.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment - That is, “justice.” He sees that justice is done to the oppressed. He is on their side. His law, his commands, his judicial decisions, his providential interpositions, are in their favor. This does not mean that it will he done at once; or that there will never be any delay; or that they may not suffer even for a long time - for this occurs in fact; but the meaning is, that God has their true interest at heart; that at proper times, and whenever and whereever there are any dealings of his in the case, his acts are in favor of those that are oppressed; and that there will be sooner or later such interpositions in their behalf as shall entirely vindicate their cause.

For all that are oppressed - By harsh laws; by unjust governments; by slavery; by unrighteous decisions in courts; by the pride and power of wicked people. Compare the notes at Isaiah 1:17, notes at Isaiah 1:23-27.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 103:6. The Lord executeth — This shall be done because the Lord will avenge his elect who have cried unto him day and night for his deliverance: "He is slow to anger;" but he will punish. "He is plenteous in mercy," and he will save. The persevering sinner shall be destroyed; the humble penitent shall be saved.


 
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