Psalms 146:9
Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- יָתוֹםyâthôwma bereaved person
- עוּדʻûwdto duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensive
- אַלְמָנָהʼalmânâha widow; also a desolate place
- גֵּרgêrproperly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- שָׁמַרshâmarproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, e
- דֶּרֶךְdereka road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 68:5, Deu 10:18–19, Psa 147:6, Pro 15:25, Mal 3:5, Exo 22:21–22, Jer 49:11, Jas 1:27