Psalms 146:9
Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10Jehovah doth reign to the age, Thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation, Praise ye Jah!
Cross References
Exodus 22:21'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 16:11And thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who [is] within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who [are] in thy midst, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle there,
2 Samuel 17:23And Ahithophel hath seen that his counsel was not done, and he saddleth the ass, and riseth and goeth unto his house, unto his city, and giveth charge unto his household, and strangleth himself, and dieth, and he is buried in the burying-place of his father.
Esther 7:10And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
Job 5:12Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
Psalms 18:26With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 146:6-10
Encouragement to Trust in God. 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: 6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: 7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners: 8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous: 9 The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow:… Read the whole commentary →