Psalm 146:9
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The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
In other translations
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Hebrew words
יְהוָה׀yahwehYahwehH3068שֹׁמֵרshomer[is] watching overH8104אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853גֵּרִיםgerimsojournersH1616יָתוֹםyatom[the] fatherlessH3490וְאַלְמָנָהve'almanahand widow[s]H490יְעוֹדֵדye'odedhe helps upH5749וְדֶרֶךְvederekhand [the] way ofH1870רְשָׁעִיםresha'imwicked [people]H7563יְעַוֵּת׃ye'avethe makes crookedH5791
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
- Deuteronomy 10:18-1918 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. 19 So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Psalm 147:6The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
- Exodus 22:21-2221 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.21 You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. 22 You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
- Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Proverbs 15:25The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
- Jeremiah 49:11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
- James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- Psalm 83:13-1713 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.13 Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind. 14 As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, 15 so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm. 16 Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
- Psalm 145:20The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
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