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He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/146.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/146.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/146.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/146.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The LORD watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/146.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD watches over strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/146.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/146.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow; But He thwarts the way of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/146.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yahweh keeps the sojourners; He helps up the orphan and the widow, But He bends the way of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/146.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow; But He makes crooked the way of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/146.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD protects resident aliens and helps the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/146.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD protects foreigners and helps the fatherless and the widow, but He frustrates the ways of the wicked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/146.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/146.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and looks after strangers. He defends the rights of orphans and widows, but destroys the wicked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/146.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD preserveth the strangers; he upholdeth the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/146.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD protects foreigners. The LORD gives relief to orphans and widows. But he keeps wicked people from reaching their goal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/146.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He protects the strangers who live in our land; he helps widows and orphans, but takes the wicked to their ruin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/146.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD stands guard over the stranger; he supports both widows and orphans, but makes the path of the wicked slippery. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/146.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/146.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/146.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/146.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/146.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/146.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />YHWH is preserving the strangers, "" He causes the fatherless and widow to stand, "" And He turns the way of the wicked upside down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/146.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/146.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah watched the strangers he will restore the orphan and the widow, and he will overturn the way of the unjust.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/146.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: and the ways of sinners he will destroy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/146.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 145:9>The Lord watches over new arrivals. He will support the orphan and the widow. And he will destroy the ways of sinners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/146.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD protects the resident alien, comes to the aid of the orphan and the widow, but thwarts the way of the wicked. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/146.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/146.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The LORD takes care of the poor; he feeds the fatherless and widows; but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/146.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH also keeps the poor; he nourishes the orphans and the widows and he drowns the way of the evil.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/146.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The LORD preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and the widow; But the way of the wicked He maketh crooked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/146.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/146-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=18091" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/146.htm">Praise the LORD, O My Soul</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: šō·mêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">protects</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1616.htm" title="1616: gê·rîm (N-mp) -- A sojourner. Or geyr; from guwr; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner.">foreigners;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5749.htm" title="5749: yə·‘ō·w·ḏêḏ (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify; intensively, to encompass, restore.">He sustains</a> <a href="/hebrew/3490.htm" title="3490: yā·ṯō·wm (N-ms) -- An orphan. From an unused root meaning to be lonely; a bereaved person.">the fatherless</a> <a href="/hebrew/490.htm" title="490: wə·’al·mā·nāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A widow. Fem of 'alman; a widow; also a desolate place.">and the widow,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: wə·ḏe·reḵ (Conj-w:: N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">but the ways</a> <a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: rə·šā·‘îm (Adj-mp) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">of the wicked</a> <a href="/hebrew/5791.htm" title="5791: yə·‘aw·wêṯ (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To be bent or crooked. A primitive root; to wrest.">He frustrates.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17</a></span><br />Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Deuteronomy 10:18</a></span><br />He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/15-25.htm">Proverbs 15:25</a></span><br />The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/22-22.htm">Exodus 22:22-24</a></span><br />You must not mistreat any widow or orphan. / If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry. / My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Jeremiah 22:3</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-35.htm">Matthew 25:35-40</a></span><br />For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-9.htm">Zechariah 7:9-10</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. / Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18-19</a></span><br />“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, / to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/29-12.htm">Job 29:12-13</a></span><br />because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. / The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1-2</a></span><br />The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, / to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-10.htm">Proverbs 23:10-11</a></span><br />Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, / for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-14.htm">Matthew 23:14</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/68-5.htm">Psalm 68:5</a></span><br />A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.</p><p class="hdg">preserveth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/68-5.htm">Psalm 68:5</a></b></br> A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, <i>is</i> God in his holy habitation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Deuteronomy 10:18,19</a></b></br> He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11</a></b></br> And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that <i>is</i> within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that <i>are</i> among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.</p><p class="hdg">the way</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-26.htm">Psalm 18:26</a></b></br> With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/83-13.htm">Psalm 83:13-17</a></b></br> O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/145-20.htm">Psalm 145:20</a></b></br> The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/105-23.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/psalms/144-3.htm">Care</a> <a href="/psalms/131-2.htm">Child</a> <a href="/psalms/125-5.htm">Crooked</a> <a href="/psalms/145-20.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/psalms/109-12.htm">Fatherless</a> <a href="/psalms/144-11.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/psalms/33-10.htm">Frustrates</a> <a href="/psalms/146-8.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/psalms/146-5.htm">Help</a> <a href="/job/39-27.htm">Lifteth</a> <a href="/psalms/135-7.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/psalms/145-20.htm">Preserves</a> <a href="/psalms/145-20.htm">Preserveth</a> <a href="/psalms/116-6.htm">Protects</a> <a href="/psalms/140-11.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/psalms/135-7.htm">Sends</a> <a href="/psalms/145-20.htm">Sinners</a> <a href="/psalms/105-12.htm">Sojourners</a> <a href="/psalms/144-11.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/psalms/144-11.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/ezra/6-4.htm">Supports</a> <a href="/psalms/145-14.htm">Sustains</a> <a href="/psalms/33-10.htm">Thwarts</a> <a href="/psalms/132-11.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/psalms/114-8.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/psalms/145-14.htm">Upholdeth</a> <a href="/psalms/146-7.htm">Upholds</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-13.htm">Upside</a> <a href="/psalms/145-20.htm">Watches</a> <a href="/psalms/143-8.htm">Way</a> <a href="/psalms/145-17.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/psalms/145-20.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/psalms/109-9.htm">Widow</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-8.htm">Care</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-3.htm">Child</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-15.htm">Crooked</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-18.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-10.htm">Fatherless</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-16.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-12.htm">Frustrates</a> <a href="/psalms/147-4.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Help</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Lifteth</a> <a href="/psalms/147-8.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-8.htm">Preserves</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-8.htm">Preserveth</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-8.htm">Protects</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Sends</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Sinners</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-17.htm">Sojourners</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-10.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Supports</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Sustains</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-3.htm">Thwarts</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-21.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-26.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Upholdeth</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Upholds</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-3.htm">Upside</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-21.htm">Watches</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-10.htm">Way</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-3.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-25.htm">Widow</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 146</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/146-1.htm">The Psalmist vows perpetual praises to God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/146-3.htm">He exhorts not to trust in man</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/146-5.htm">God, for his power, justice, mercy, and kingdom, is only worthy to be trusted</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Mosaic Law provided specific instructions for the treatment of foreigners, emphasizing justice and compassion (<a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Exodus 22:21</a>, <a href="/leviticus/19-34.htm">Leviticus 19:34</a>). This protection reflects God's character as a defender of the marginalized. The inclusion of foreigners in God's care foreshadows the New Testament's message of salvation for all nations (<a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>).<p><b>He sustains the fatherless and the widow,</b><br>The fatherless and widows were among the most vulnerable in ancient society, lacking economic support and protection. God's concern for them is a recurring theme in Scripture (<a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Deuteronomy 10:18</a>, <a href="/james/1-27.htm">James 1:27</a>). This care is a call for God's people to reflect His compassion and justice. The sustenance provided by God can be seen as a type of Christ, who offers spiritual sustenance and protection to all who are spiritually destitute (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>).<p><b>but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.</b><br>The frustration of the wicked's plans is a demonstration of God's justice and sovereignty. Throughout the Bible, God is depicted as opposing the proud and wicked (<a href="/proverbs/16-9.htm">Proverbs 16:9</a>, <a href="/psalms/37-12.htm">Psalm 37:12-13</a>). This serves as a warning and a call to repentance, emphasizing that ultimately, evil will not prevail. The ultimate frustration of wickedness is seen in the victory of Christ over sin and death (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-57.htm">1 Corinthians 15:57</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature and His faithfulness to His promises.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreigners.htm">Foreigners</a></b><br>Non-Israelites living among the Israelites, often vulnerable and without the same rights as native-born citizens.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/fatherless.htm">Fatherless</a></b><br>Orphans who lack parental protection and provision, representing the most vulnerable in society.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/widow.htm">Widow</a></b><br>A woman who has lost her husband, often facing economic and social challenges in ancient times.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Those who live in opposition to God's ways, often characterized by injustice and unrighteousness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_heart_for_the_vulnerable.htm">God's Heart for the Vulnerable</a></b><br>God consistently shows His concern for those who are marginalized and vulnerable, such as foreigners, orphans, and widows. As believers, we are called to reflect His heart by caring for those in need around us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice_and_protection.htm">Divine Justice and Protection</a></b><br>The LORD's protection and sustenance of the vulnerable demonstrate His justice. He actively works against the plans of the wicked, ensuring that their ways are frustrated. This should encourage us to trust in God's justice, even when we see injustice prevailing temporarily.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_action_for_believers.htm">Call to Action for Believers</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, we are called to be His hands and feet, providing support and advocacy for those who cannot defend themselves. This includes practical acts of service and standing up against injustice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Understanding that God frustrates the ways of the wicked should give us confidence in His sovereignty. We can rest assured that, ultimately, God's justice will prevail, and evil will not have the final say.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_146.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 146</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_intersectionality_mean.htm">What does intersectionality mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_bible's_view_on_eugenics.htm">What is the Bible's stance on eugenics?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_love_foreigners_but_punish_nations.htm">Why does Deuteronomy 10:19 command love for foreigners while other passages in Deuteronomy mandate severe treatment of certain nations? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_orphans_and_widows_still_suffer.htm">In Psalm 146:9, why do fatherless children and widows still suffer if God truly intervenes on their behalf?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/146.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) The stranger, the widow, and the orphan are constantly presented in the Law as objects of compassion and beneficence. The orphan and widow are mentioned as under God's care (<a href="/psalms/68-5.htm" title="A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.">Psalm 68:5</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Relieveth.</span>--Or rather, <span class= "ital">restoreth, </span>by taking up their cause and seeing justice done. Certain forms of the verb are used of bearing witness, and possibly here there is allusion to a court of justice, in which God appears as witnessing on the side of the weak and defenceless.<p><span class= "bld">Turneth upside down.--</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">bends aside. </span>The same word in <a href="/psalms/119-78.htm" title="Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in your precepts.">Psalm 119:78</a> is rendered" dealt perversely." The idea seems in both cases to be that of interference, to thwart and impede a course of action. In Psalms 119 it is an evil-disposed person who interferes with the righteous. Here it is the Divine providence which, when the wicked man has laid out his plans, and looks as it were along a plain and level road of prosperity, bends the prosperous course aside; makes the path crooked, instead of straight; full of trouble and calamity, instead of prosperous and sure.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/146.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The Lord preserveth the strangers</span>. God's goodness leads him not only to protect the righteous, but also to lend his special help to the weak and afflicted classes. "The stranger, the fatherless, and the widow" are constantly mentioned in the Old Testament as peculiar objects of the Divine care (<a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Exodus 22:21, 22</a>; <a href="/leviticus/19-33.htm">Leviticus 19:33, 34</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/10-18.htm">Deuteronomy 10:18</a>; <a href="/job/29-12.htm">Job 29:12</a>; <a href="/psalms/82-3.htm">Psalm 82:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/1-28.htm">Isaiah 1:28</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">He relieveth the fatherless and widow</span>; or, "upholdeth" (see the Revised Version). <span class="cmt_word">But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/145-20.htm">Psalm 145:20</a>). His merciful protection of his saints leads him to overthrow the goings of the wicked, who are their enemies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/146-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֤ה ׀</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">protects</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁ֘מֵ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(šō·mêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sojourners;</span><br /><span class="heb">גֵּרִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(gê·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1616.htm">Strong's 1616: </a> </span><span class="str2">A guest, a foreigner</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He sustains</span><br /><span class="heb">יְעוֹדֵ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(yə·‘ō·w·ḏêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5749.htm">Strong's 5749: </a> </span><span class="str2">To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the fatherless</span><br /><span class="heb">יָת֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ṯō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3490.htm">Strong's 3490: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bereaved person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the widow,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַלְמָנָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’al·mā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_490.htm">Strong's 490: </a> </span><span class="str2">A widow, a desolate place</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but the ways</span><br /><span class="heb">וְדֶ֖רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḏe·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the wicked</span><br /><span class="heb">רְשָׁעִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(rə·šā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He frustrates.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְעַוֵּֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·‘aw·wêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5791.htm">Strong's 5791: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be bent or crooked</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/146-9.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 146:9 Yahweh preserves the foreigners (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/146-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 146:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 146:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/146-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 146:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 146:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>