Psalms 146:9
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
KJV
qui dat jumentis escam ipsorum, et pullis corvorum invocantibus eum.
Vulgate
καὶ διδόντι τοῖς κτήνεσι τροφὴν αὐτῶν καὶ τοῖς νοσσοῖς τῶν κοράκων τοῖς ἐπικαλουμένοις αὐτόν.
LXX
Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
ASV
יְהוָ֤ה שֹׁ֘מֵ֤ר אֶת גֵּרִ֗ים יָת֣וֹם וְ/אַלְמָנָ֣ה יְעוֹדֵ֑ד וְ/דֶ֖רֶךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יְעַוֵּֽת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַלְמָנָ֖ה
'lmnh
noun · 56×
אָעִ֣ידָה
''ydh
verb · 44×
גֵּ֖ר
gr
noun · 92×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְעַוֵּֽת
y'vt
verb · 11×
יָּת֥וֹם
ytvm
noun · 42×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Tim 5:3 — Honour widows that are widows indeed.
- Deut 10:18 — He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
- Deut 10:18 — He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
- Exod 22:21 — Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Isa 24:1 — Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
- Jas 1:27 — Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
- Jer 49:11 — Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
- Jer 49:11 — Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
- Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
- Prov 15:25 — The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
- Prov 15:25 — The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
- Ps 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
- Ps 1:6 — For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
- Ps 10:14 — Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
- Ps 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- Ps 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- Ps 147:6 — The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.