The Lord (A)watches over strangers;
He [a](B)supports the fatherless and the widow,
But He [b]thwarts (C)the way of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 146:9 Or relieves
  2. Psalm 146:9 Lit bends

The Lord watches over the foreigner(A)
    and sustains the fatherless(B) and the widow,(C)
    but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

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The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But He loves the one who (A)pursues righteousness.

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The Lord detests the way of the wicked,(A)
    but he loves those who pursue righteousness.(B)

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10 One who leads the upright astray in an evil way
Will (A)himself fall into his own pit,
But the (B)blameless will inherit good.

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10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,(A)
    but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

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saying, ‘(A)Turn now, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and live on the land which the Lord has given to you and your forefathers (B)forever and ever;

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They said, “Turn(A) now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land(B) the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever.

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(A)Perhaps the house of Judah will listen to all the disaster which I plan to carry out against them, so that every person will (B)turn from his evil way; then I will (C)forgive their wrongdoing and their sin.”

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Perhaps(A) when the people of Judah hear(B) about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn(C) from their wicked ways; then I will forgive(D) their wickedness and their sin.”

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