Psalms 68:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.”
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“A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, <FI>Is<Fi> God in His holy habitation.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 68:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 3:15God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
- Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Deuteronomy 26:15Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:2and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 30:27Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
- Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
- Psalms 33:14From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
- Psalms 72:2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
- Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
- Psalms 82:3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
- Psalms 118:19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
- Psalms 146:9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
- Psalms 150:6Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!
- Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Isaiah 12:4and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- Isaiah 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
- Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
- Jeremiah 49:11Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
- Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
- Luke 18:2“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
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