Psalm 146:9

Psalm 146:9 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

9The Lord watches over the foreigner

and sustains the fatherless and the widow,

but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

9The Lord watches over strangers;

He 146:9 Or relievessupports the fatherless and the widow,

But He 146:9 Lit bendsthwarts the way of the wicked.

9The Lord protects the strangers;

He supports the fatherless and the widow,

But He thwarts the way of the wicked.

9The Lord protects the strangers;

He supports the fatherless and the widow;

But He makes crooked the way of the wicked.

9The Lord protects foreigners;

He sustains the fatherless and the widow,

but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

9The Lord watches over the outsiders who live in our land.

He takes good care of children whose fathers have died.

He also takes good care of widows.

But he causes evil people to fail

in everything they do.