“The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.”
The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but brings the way of the wicked to ruin. God's particular care for the vulnerable (strangers, orphans, widows) expresses divine justice and compassion. Those without familial protection or social power become objects of divine care and guardianship. The contrast with judgment upon the wicked establishes that divine justice includes both protection of the vulnerable and condemnation of oppressors. This verse reveals that God's righteousness expresses itself through care for the marginal.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!