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9The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. …
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-10)The psalmist, having cautioned us not to trust in princes (because, if we do, we shall be miserably disappointed), here encourages us to put our confidence in God, because, if we do so, we shall be happily secured: Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help , that has an interest in his attributes and promises, and has them engaged for him, and whose hope is in the Lord his God . I. Let us…
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