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who executes justice for the oppressed;
    who gives food to the hungry.
Yahweh frees the prisoners.
    Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind.
    Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down.
    Yahweh loves the righteous.
Yahweh preserves the foreigners.
    He upholds the fatherless and widow,
    but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.

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He upholds(A) the cause of the oppressed(B)
    and gives food to the hungry.(C)
The Lord sets prisoners free,(D)
    the Lord gives sight(E) to the blind,(F)
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,(G)
    the Lord loves the righteous.(H)
The Lord watches over the foreigner(I)
    and sustains the fatherless(J) and the widow,(K)
    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

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