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Psalms 146:9 Interlinear

“The LORD preserveth the strangers the fatherless and widow he relieveth but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down”

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Psalms 146 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	יְהוָ֤ה׀	H3068	The LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
2	שֹׁ֘מֵ֤ר	H8104	preserveth	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
3	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4	גֵּרִ֗ים	H1616	the strangers	properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
5	יָת֣וֹם	H3490	the fatherless	a bereaved person
6	וְאַלְמָנָ֣ה	H490	and widow	a widow; also a desolate place
7	יְעוֹדֵ֑ד	H5749	he relieveth	to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
8	וְדֶ֖רֶךְ	H1870	but the way	a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
9	רְשָׁעִ֣ים	H7563	of the wicked	morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
10	יְעַוֵּֽת׃	H5791	he turneth upside down	to wrest

Psalms 146:9 (current)The LORD preserveth the strangers the fatherless and widow he relieveth but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down