Psalms 146:9
The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 146 connects to 10 cross-references. The first of the final Hallel psalms (146-150) calling the soul to praise the Lord throughout life and not to put trust in princes who are mortal. The Lord executes justice for the oppressed, feeds the hungry, frees prisoners, opens …
Other Translations
Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.
The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
Cross References
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and …
Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the …
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, …
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.