Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth them that are fettered:
Radak
עושה משפט לעשוקים."Who executes judgment ": In every generation, He executes judgment for the oppressed against their oppressors. Similarly, He will act on behalf of Israel, who are oppressed in Babylon, as it is said, "The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together," and all their captors hold them fast, refusing to let them go. נותן לחם לרעבים."who gives bread to the hungry": In every generation, He gives bread to the hungry. Likewise, He did for Israel in exile and upon their departure from exile through the deserts, as it is said, "They shall neither hunger nor thirst, nor will the desert heat or the sun beat upon them." ה' מתיר אסורים."The Lord looses the prisoners": In every generation, the Lord looses the prisoners. Similarly, He did for Israel by releasing them from the bondage of their exile.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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