Psalms 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Psalms 146:9 in other translations
| BSB | The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates. |
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| WEB | The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down. |
| ASV | Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. |
| YLT | Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down. |
| DARBY | Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert. |
| BBE | The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners. |
| Webster | The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. |
What does Psalms 146:9 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 146:5-10
The psalmist encourages us to put confidence in God. We must hope in the providence of God for all we need as to this life, and in the grace of God for that which is to come. The God of heaven became a man that he might become our salvation. Though he died on the cross for our sins, and was laid in the grave, yet his thoughts of love to us did not perish; he rose again to fulfil them. When on earth, his miracles…
Psalms 146:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 146:9
- Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- Deuteronomy 10:18-19
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Psalms 147:6
The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
- Exodus 22:21-22
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
- Malachi 3:5
And 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.
- Proverbs 15:25
The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
- Jeremiah 49:11
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
- James 1:27
Pure 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.
- Psalms 145:20
The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
- Psalms 83:13-17
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord. …
- Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 146:8
The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:
- Psalms 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
- Psalms 146:10
The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord.
Psalms 146:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Jehová guarda á los extranjeros; al huérfano y á la viuda levanta; y el camino de los impíos trastorna. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’ Éternel garde les étrangers; il affermit l’orphelin et la veuve, et confond la voie des méchants. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova bewahrt die Fremdlinge, die Waise und die Witwe hält er aufrecht; aber er krümmt den Weg der Gesetzlosen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui dat jumentis escam ipsorum, et pullis corvorum invocantibus eum. |