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Psalms 146:9

the Lord preserveth the strangers, who were usually regarded with suspicion and treated with scorn; He relieveth the fatherless and the widow, widows and orphans being so often in need of a protector; but the way of the wicked He turneth upside down, directing their steps, on their persistently crooked way, toward the destruction of hell. All this, of course, is typical of the manner in which the Lord deals in spiritual matters, the application being made very frequently in the New Testament. Therefore the psalmist concludes:

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 146:9. _PRESERVETH THE STRANGERS_] He has _preserved you_ _strangers_ in a strange land, where you have been in captivity for _seventy_ years; and though in an _enemy's country_, he has p...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LORD PRESERVETH THE STRANGERS - He regards them with interest; he defends and guides them. This is the ninth reason why those who trust in the Lord are happy. The stranger - away from home and fri...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Ps...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXLVI. This Ps., like the remaining Pss. to the end of the Psalter, begins and closes with the word Hallelujah (Praise Yah). These Pss. may originally have formed a collection by themselves. The theme...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    STRANGERS. aliens. RELIEVETH. Plenty of saving "help" here. Compare the contrast with "man", (Psalms 146:3), "no help". WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    As in Psalms 94:6 the sojourners [89] or resident aliens who had no rights of citizenship, orphans, and widows are typical examples of defencelessness. They are therefore specially under Jehovah's pro...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT THE WAY, &C.— _The way—he will overthrow._ Mudge. Their steps shall be perplexed and puzzled, so that they shall stumble and fall, and all their projects be defeated. REFLECTIONS.—1st, David's hea...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 146 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Twelve Reasons for Trusting in Jehovah. ANALYSIS Having, in Response to the Public Reader's Invitation, stirred up his Own Soul to Praise Jehovah all his Life Long (Psa...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. THE LORD PRESERVETH THE STRANGERS; HE RELIEVETH THE FATHERLESS AND WIDOW...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    146:9 preserveth (d-2) Or 'keepeth,' as Psalms 145:20 . up (e-7) Or 'upholdeth.' subvert. (f-21) Properly 'make tortuous.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Here begins the final group, Psalms 146-150, known as the 'Hallelujah' Pss., because each begins and ends with that word, meaning, 'Praise ye the Lord.' They sum up the joy of the returned exiles, and...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TURNETH UPSIDE DOWN] lit.' causeth to turn aside' (into the trackless desert, where it disappears)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ *TRUST ONLY IN GOD PSALMS 146 THE FIRST *HALLELUJAH PSALM Jesus said, "*Believe also in me" ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    The stranger, the widow, and the orphan are constantly presented in the Law as objects of compassion and beneficence. The orphan and widow are mentioned as under God’s care (Psalms 68:5). RELIEVETH. —...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְהוָ֤ה ׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤ר אֶת ־גֵּרִ֗ים יָתֹ֣ום וְ א

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 146:1 THE long-drawn music of the Psalter closes with five Hallelujah psalms, in which, with constantly swelling diapason, all themes of praise are pealed forth, until the melodious thunder of...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      THE LORD LOVETH THE RIGHTEOUS Psalms 146:1-10 This and the four following psalms are the “Hallelujah” Psalms. Each begins with that word. They were probably composed for use in the second Temple....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    We now come to the final psalms of adoration, each one of which opens and closes with the great call to praise. “Hallelujah, praise the Lord.” The theme of this first is that of the sufficiency of God...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The LORD preserveth the (g) strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. (g) Meaning, all who are destitute of worldly means and help....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Young. Literally, "the sons of ravens," which may denote those birds in general, as well as their young. God provides for all. Many fables have been recounted concerning ravens, as if they neglected o...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There can be no hesitation to determine to whom these verses refer. The God of Jacob, is God's Covenant name in Christ. And the offices that covenant God hath performed, and is performing, as plainly...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    9._Jehovah guarding_, _etc_. By _strangers, orphans_, and _widows, _the Psalmist means all those in general who are destitute of the help of man. While all show favor to those who are known to them an...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 146 introduces the full final praises: the first, the outpouring of the heart in praise to Him as the God of Jacob, celebrating what He is, and the comfort of trusting Him, the Creator, the Hel...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD PRESERVETH THE STRANGERS,.... The life of them, as he did the daughter of: the Greek, a Syrophenician woman, and a Samaritan, by healing them of their diseases, Mark 7:26; and in a spiritual...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. Ver. 9. _The Lord preserveth_] These all are his clients, because neglected...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Which executeth judgment for the oppressed_ Who doth not slight nor forget the cries of his grieved subjects; but in due time asserts the right of those who are oppressed, and can find no relief in o...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-10 The psalmist encourages us to put confidence in God. We must hope in the providence of God for all we need as to this life, and in the grace of God for that which is to come. The God of heaven b...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE OVERTHROWETH THEIR GOINGS, as the phrase is, PSALMS 140:4. He maketh them to lose their way; he not only frustrateth their plots and enterprises but turneth them against themselves. This and all th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 146:9 LORD H3068 watches H8104 (H8802) strangers H1616 relieves H5749 (H8766) fatherless H3490 widow H490 way

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 146:1. _Praise ye the LORD._ Or, «Hallelujah.» I am sorry to see that great word, Hallelujah, Hallelu-Jah, praise to Jah, Jehovah, become so hackneyed as it is, by talk about «Hallelujah lasse...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The psalmist engages himself to praise God and exhorts others to trust and praise Him. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: There should be no exemption from the service of praising God....

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This, and the two following, are called the Hallelujah psalms of Haggai and of Zechariah the prophets, being composed after the captivity. Psalms 146:10. _The Lord shall reign for ever; even thy God,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He relieveth the fatherless._ THE FATHERLESS RELIEVED The Lord “relieveth the fatherless”-- I. By exciting the compassion of others in their behalf. The feeling of sympathy is one of the noblest a...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Lord looseth the prisoners._ THE LORD’S FAMOUS TITLES There are five famous titles of God here. I. Emancipator. He looseth those in mental, moral, and spiritual bondage. II. Illuminator. The L...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Praise ye the Lord._ HALLELUJAH I. The grandest resolution (verses 1, 2). 1. The author’s belief in the existence of his soul. When this conviction comes, the whole universe is transfigured, and G...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 146:1. Because God rules everything, his suffering people can have hope. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 146:5 Yahweh, THE GOD OF JACOB, is the one WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM (words from...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION In the Hebrew this Psalm has no superscription. The Septuagint has the superscription, “Hallelujah. Of Haggai and Zechariah;” and is followed in this respect by the Vulgate and the Syriac...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE psalter ends with a cluster of "Hallelujah Psalms," five in number, all of them both beginning and ending with the phrase. In the Hebrew none of them has any" title;" but it is generall...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the final psalms or the Hallel psalms. They begin with hallelujah and end with hallelujah in the Hebrew. Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. While I live I will praise the LORD: I will...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 3:19; 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 17:23; Deuteronomy 10:18;...

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