Psalms 146:9
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”
עוּד
to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
שָׁמַר
is watching over
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שָׁמַר
To keep, to guard, to observe. Shamar. The LORD will keep you from all harm. He watches over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
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רָשָׁע
wicked people
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רָשָׁע
Wicked, ungodly. Rasha. One who is morally wrong and opposed to God. God's mercy is available to anyone who repents.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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גֵּר
sojourners
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גֵּר
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
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יָתוֹם
the fatherless
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יָתוֹם
a bereaved person
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עָוַת
he makes crooked
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עָוַת
to wrest
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