Psalm 146:9

Translations

Modern

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

Traditional

The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Literal

YHWH guards the sojourners; the fatherless and widow He sustains, and the way of the wicked He overturns.

Latin

Dominus custodit advenas, pupillum et viduam suscipiet, et vias peccatorum disperdet.

Original

Hebrew

English

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

Notes

Psalms 146:8–9

Repeating the Lord’s name (shown as LORD in the Berean Standard Bible) four times emphasizes that he alone heals, lifts burdens, loves, and protects.

Psalms 146:1–10

The call to praise (Psalm 146:1–2) leads to a warning against foolishness and false confidence (146:3–4). The psalm ends with a blessing for everyone who places their hope in the Lord (Psalm 146:5–7).

Psalms 146:1–150:6

The Psalter ends with five hallelujah psalms, so named because each begins and ends with Praise the LORD! (Hebrew haleluyah).

Theme notes and profiles

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Related verses

Psalm 68:5
A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.
Deuteronomy 10:18–19
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
Psalm 147:6
The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
Proverbs 15:25
The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
Exodus 22:21–22
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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.
Jeremiah 49:11
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
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.
Psalm 83:13–17
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
Psalm 145:20
The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

Glossary

Hallel Hallelujah Music Orphan Psalms, Book of

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God Children: God's Care of Foreigners God: Providence of Orphan: General Scriptures Concerning Praise: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Protecting Children Protecting Family Strangers in Israel: Under the Care and Protection of God Treating Foreigners Wicked (People): Punishment of Widow: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Widows: God: Relieves

Psalm 146:9

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