Psalms 146:9
7 He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
8 the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
10 The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
- KJV
- The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
- 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.
- DARBY
- Jehovah preserveth the strangers; he lifteth up the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked doth he subvert.
- BLB
- YHWH guards the sojourners; the fatherless and widow He sustains, and the way of the wicked He overturns.
- ÅB
- Herren bevarer de fremmede; farløse og enker holder han oppe, men de ugudeliges vei gjør han kroket.
- OTB
- Herren beskytter fremmede;
Han støtter farløse og enker,
Men Han forstyrrer de ondes planer. - B1930
- Herren bevarer de fremmede; farløse og enker holder han oppe, men de ugudeliges vei gjør han kroket.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:18–19
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Read in contextPsalms 147:6
The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
Read in contextExodus 22:21–22
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Read in contextMalachi 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.
Read in contextProverbs 15:25
The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
Read in contextJeremiah 49:11
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
Read in contextJames 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.
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