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Psalms 94:6

The stranger and outcastJustice

4 They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.

5 They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.

They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.

7 They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”

8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
KJV
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
WEB
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
ASV
They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.
DARBY
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
BLB
The widow and the foreigner they kill, and the fatherless they murder.
ÅB
Enken og den fremmede slår de ihjel, og farløse myrder de.
OTB
De tar livet av enken og den fremmede,
Og dreper de farløse.
B1930
Enken og den fremmede slår de ihjel, og farløse myrder de.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 10:2

    to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.

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  • Ezekiel 22:7

    Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

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  • Jeremiah 7:6

    if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,

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  • 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.

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  • Isaiah 13:15–18

    Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

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  • 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.

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