YHWHיְהוָהkeepsשֹׁמֵרthe resident aliens;אֶת גֵּרִיםthe orphanיָתוֹםand the widowוְאַלְמָנָהhe sustains,יְעוֹדֵדbut the wayוְדֶרֶךְof the wickedרְשָׁעִיםhe makes crooked.יְעַוֵּת
Psalms 146:9
Study it in the app“YHWH keeps the resident aliens; the orphan and the widow he sustains, but the way of the wicked he makes crooked.”
YHWH does justice for the oppressed and watches over foreigner, orphan and widowJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 146:9, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- keepsשֹׁמֵרshomer
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomer” appears- the resident aliensגֵּרִיםgerim
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “gerim” appears- the orphanיָתוֹםyatom
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appears- and the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears- he sustainsיְעוֹדֵדyeoded
uphold
To lift up the fallen.
Where else “yeoded” appears- but the wayדֶרֶךְderech
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appears- of the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- he makes crookedיְעַוֵּתyeavet
pervert, make crooked
To bend, to pervert; to make what is straight crooked. Said above all of justice and right.
Where else “yeavet” appears
The context
8YHWH opens the eyes of the blind; YHWH makes straight those who are bent down; YHWH loves the righteous;
9 · This verse (above)
10YHWH will reign forever, your Elohim, Zion, from generation to generation. Praise Yah.