Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. New Living Translation The LORD protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked. English Standard Version The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. Berean Standard Bible The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates. King James Bible The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. New King James Version The LORD watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down. New American Standard Bible The LORD watches over strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked. NASB 1995 The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked. NASB 1977 The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow; But He thwarts the way of the wicked. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh keeps the sojourners; He helps up the orphan and the widow, But He bends the way of the wicked. Amplified Bible The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow; But He makes crooked the way of the wicked. Christian Standard Bible The LORD protects resident aliens and helps the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD protects foreigners and helps the fatherless and the widow, but He frustrates the ways of the wicked. American Standard Version Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. Contemporary English Version and looks after strangers. He defends the rights of orphans and widows, but destroys the wicked. English Revised Version The LORD preserveth the strangers; he upholdeth the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD protects foreigners. The LORD gives relief to orphans and widows. But he keeps wicked people from reaching their goal. Good News Translation He protects the strangers who live in our land; he helps widows and orphans, but takes the wicked to their ruin. International Standard Version The LORD stands guard over the stranger; he supports both widows and orphans, but makes the path of the wicked slippery. Majority Standard Bible The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates. NET Bible The LORD protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked. New Heart English Bible The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down. Webster's Bible Translation The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. World English Bible Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYHWH is preserving the strangers, "" He causes the fatherless and widow to stand, "" And He turns the way of the wicked upside down. Young's Literal Translation Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down. Smith's Literal Translation Jehovah watched the strangers he will restore the orphan and the widow, and he will overturn the way of the unjust. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible The LORD protects the resident alien, comes to the aid of the orphan and the widow, but thwarts the way of the wicked. New Revised Standard Version The LORD watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe LORD takes care of the poor; he feeds the fatherless and widows; but the way of the wicked he turns upside down. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated LORD JEHOVAH also keeps the poor; he nourishes the orphans and the widows and he drowns the way of the evil. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The LORD preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and the widow; But the way of the wicked He maketh crooked. Brenton Septuagint Translation he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Praise the LORD, O My Soul…8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous. 9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates. 10The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!… Cross References Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” Deuteronomy 10:18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. James 1:27 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. Proverbs 15:25 The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow. Exodus 22:22-24 You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. / If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry. / My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless. Jeremiah 22:3 This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place. Matthew 25:35-40 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ... Zechariah 7:9-10 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. / Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’ Luke 4:18-19 “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, / to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Job 29:12-13 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. / The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. Isaiah 61:1-2 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, / to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn, Proverbs 23:10-11 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, / for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you. Malachi 3:5 “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. Matthew 23:14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. Psalm 68:5 A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation. Treasury of Scripture The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down. preserveth Psalm 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… Deuteronomy 16:11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. the way Psalm 18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. Psalm 83:13-17 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind… Psalm 145:20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. Jump to Previous Alien Care Child Crooked Destruction Fatherless Foreigners Frustrates Gives Help Lifteth Maketh Preserves Preserveth Protects Ruin Sends Sinners Sojourners Strange Strangers Supports Sustains Thwarts Turneth Turns Upholdeth Upholds Upside Watches Way Ways Wicked WidowJump to Next Alien Care Child Crooked Destruction Fatherless Foreigners Frustrates Gives Help Lifteth Maketh Preserves Preserveth Protects Ruin Sends Sinners Sojourners Strange Strangers Supports Sustains Thwarts Turneth Turns Upholdeth Upholds Upside Watches Way Ways Wicked WidowPsalm 146 1. The Psalmist vows perpetual praises to God3. He exhorts not to trust in man 5. God, for his power, justice, mercy, and kingdom, is only worthy to be trusted The LORD protects the strangers The Hebrew word for "protects" is "שָׁמַר" (shamar), which means to guard, keep, or watch over. This word conveys a sense of vigilant care and attentive oversight. In the ancient Near Eastern context, "strangers" or "sojourners" (Hebrew: "גֵּרִים" - gerim) were often vulnerable, lacking the familial and societal support systems that native-born individuals enjoyed. God's protection of strangers underscores His impartial love and justice, reflecting His character as a defender of the marginalized. This divine guardianship is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, where God commands His people to love and care for the stranger, reminding them of their own history as strangers in Egypt (Exodus 22:21). He sustains the fatherless and the widow but the ways of the wicked He frustrates Relieveth.--Or rather, restoreth, by taking up their cause and seeing justice done. Certain forms of the verb are used of bearing witness, and possibly here there is allusion to a court of justice, in which God appears as witnessing on the side of the weak and defenceless. Turneth upside down.--Rather, bends aside. The same word in Psalm 119:78 is rendered" dealt perversely." The idea seems in both cases to be that of interference, to thwart and impede a course of action. In Psalms 119 it is an evil-disposed person who interferes with the righteous. Here it is the Divine providence which, when the wicked man has laid out his plans, and looks as it were along a plain and level road of prosperity, bends the prosperous course aside; makes the path crooked, instead of straight; full of trouble and calamity, instead of prosperous and sure. Verse 9. - The Lord preserveth the strangers. God's goodness leads him not only to protect the righteous, but also to lend his special help to the weak and afflicted classes. "The stranger, the fatherless, and the widow" are constantly mentioned in the Old Testament as peculiar objects of the Divine care (Exodus 22:21, 22; Leviticus 19:33, 34; Deuteronomy 10:18; Job 29:12; Psalm 82:3; Isaiah 1:28; Jeremiah 7:6, etc.). He relieveth the fatherless and widow; or, "upholdeth" (see the Revised Version). But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down (comp. Psalm 145:20). His merciful protection of his saints leads him to overthrow the goings of the wicked, who are their enemies.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֤ה ׀ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel protects שֹׁ֘מֵ֤ר (šō·mêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to the sojourners; גֵּרִ֗ים (gê·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner He sustains יְעוֹדֵ֑ד (yə·‘ō·w·ḏêḏ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5749: To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore the fatherless יָת֣וֹם (yā·ṯō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3490: A bereaved person and the widow, וְאַלְמָנָ֣ה (wə·’al·mā·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 490: A widow, a desolate place but the ways וְדֶ֖רֶךְ (wə·ḏe·reḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person He frustrates. יְעַוֵּֽת׃ (yə·‘aw·wêṯ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5791: To be bent or crooked Links Psalm 146:9 NIVPsalm 146:9 NLT Psalm 146:9 ESV Psalm 146:9 NASB Psalm 146:9 KJV Psalm 146:9 BibleApps.com Psalm 146:9 Biblia Paralela Psalm 146:9 Chinese Bible Psalm 146:9 French Bible Psalm 146:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 146:9 Yahweh preserves the foreigners (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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