Psalms 68:6

\68:5\A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

In Context

5\68:4\Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad before him.

7\68:6\Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:23And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron.

Psalms 10:14You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

Psalms 107:10Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

Psalms 107:34He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

Psalms 113:9He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.

Proverbs 23:11For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 68:2-7

Prayer for the Dispersion of God's Enemies. 1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. 5 A father of the fatherless, and a… Read the whole commentary →

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