Psalms 103:6

103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

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Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

What does Psalms 103:6 mean?

Psalms 103:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh), צְדָקָה (tsᵉdâqâh).

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The

LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

executethעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

righteousnessצְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâh/tsed-aw-kaw'/H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

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oppressed.עָשַׁקʻâshaq/aw-shak'/H6231to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 103:6.

Genesis 18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.

Genesis 3:13

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 3:21

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Genesis 6:6

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 103:6 say?

Psalms 103:6 (King James Version) reads: "The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed."

Is Psalms 103:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 103:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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