Psalms 146:9

“The Lord preserveth the strangers, etc.] The life of them, as he did the daughter of: the Greek, a Syrophenician woman, and a Samaritan, by healing them of their diseases, (<410726>Mark 7:26-29 <421716>Luke 17:16-18); and in a spiritual sense he preserves the lives and saves the souls of his people among the Gentiles, who are aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenant of promise; for these he laid down his life a ransom, and became the propitiation for their sins; to these he sends his Gospel, which is the power of God to salvation unto them; he relieveth the fatherless and widow; in their distresses and troubles, who have no helper; a wonderful instance of his…”

“The Lord preserveth the strangers - He regards them with interest; he defends and guides them. This is the ninth reason why those who trust in the Lord are happy. The stranger - away from home and friends; with no one to feel an interest in him or sympathy for him; with the feeling that he is forsaken; with no one on whom he can call for sympathy in distress - may find in God one who will regard his condition; who will sympathize with him; who is able to protect and befriend him. Compare Exodus 12:49; Exodus 22:21; Exodus 23:9; Leviticus 19:33; Deuteronomy 1:16; Deuteronomy 10:18-19; Isaiah 56:3, Isaiah 56:6. He relieveth the fatherless and widow - He is their friend. This is the tenth…”

“preserveth: Psa 68:5; Deu 10:18, Deu 10:19, Deu 16:11; Pro 15:25; Jer 49:11; Hos 14:3; Mal 3:5; Jam 1:27 the way: Psa 18:26, Psa 83:13-17, Psa 145:20, Psa 147:6; Sa2 15:31, Sa2 17:23; Est 5:14, Est 7:10; Est 9:25; Pro 4:19; Job 5:12-14; Co1 3:19 Psalms 146:10”