Psalms 68:5

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, [Is] God in His holy habitation.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

In Context

4Sing ye to God — praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah [is] His name, and exult before Him.

6God — causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only — the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:18He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.

2 Chronicles 6:2and I — I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'

Job 29:12For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave [it], Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

Psalms 33:14From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth;

Psalms 72:4He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.

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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