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Psalms 146:9
9Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.
Psalms 146:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
Context of Psalms 146:9
7Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners; 8Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous; Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert. 10Jehovah will reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Hallelujah!
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יְהוָ֤ה׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤ר אֶת־גֵּרִ֗ים יָת֣וֹם וְאַלְמָנָ֣ה יְעוֹדֵ֑ד וְדֶ֖רֶךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יְעַוֵּֽת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 146:9
- Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- Deuteronomy 10:18who executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing.
- Deuteronomy 16:11and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is in thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow that are in thy midst in the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there.
- Proverbs 15:25Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.
- Jeremiah 49:11Leave thine orphans, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
- Hosea 14:3Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Thou art] our God; because in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
- 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 the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in [his] wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- James 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
- Psalms 18:26With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
- Psalms 83:13O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
- Psalms 145:20Jehovah keepeth all that love him, and all the wicked will he destroy.
- Psalms 147:6Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth.
- 2 Samuel 15:31And one told David saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then said David, Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- 2 Samuel 17:23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went to his house, to his city, and gave charge to his household, and hanged himself, and he died; and he was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
- Esther 5:14Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it: then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
Commentaries on Psalms 146:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The Lord preserveth the strangers - He regards them with interest; he defends and guides them. This is the ninth reason why those who trust in the Lord are happy. The stranger - away from home and friends; with no one to feel an interest in him or sympathy for him; with the feeling that he is forsaken; with no one on whom he can call for sympathy in distress - may find in God one who will regard his condition; who will sympathize with him; who is able to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-10Verses 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 were examples of what he is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Repeating the Lord’s name (shown as LORD in the Berean Standard Bible) four times emphasizes that he alone heals, lifts burdens, loves, and protects.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 9strengthens Heb. יעודד, an expression of strength.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 146
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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