Thou hast it seen; for their mischief and spite thou wilt repay: The poor commits himself to thee; thou art the orphan's stay.
Psalm 146:9 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) The stranger's shield, the widow's stay, the orphan's help, is he: But yet by him the wicked's way turn'd upside down shall be. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD preserveth the strangers; He relieveth the fatherless and widow: But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord protects and preserves the strangers and temporary residents, He upholds the fatherless and the widow and sets them upright, but the way of the wicked He makes crooked (turns upside down and brings to ruin). American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. Common English Bible The LORD: who protects immigrants, who helps orphans and widows, but who makes the way of the wicked twist and turn! Catholic Public Domain Version He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who giveth to beasts their food: and to the young ravens that call upon him. |
Thou hast it seen; for their mischief and spite thou wilt repay: The poor commits himself to thee; thou art the orphan's stay.
The Lord preserves all who him love, that nought can them annoy: But he all those that wicked are will utterly destroy.
Because the Lord a father is unto the fatherless; God is the widow's judge, within his place of holiness.