Psalms 68:5
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.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
- KJV
- A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- WEB
- A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- ASV
- A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
- DARBY
- A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
- BLB
- A father of the fatherless, and a defender of widows, [is] God, in the habitation of His holiness.
- ÅB
- Farløses far og enkers dommer er Gud i sin hellige bolig.
- OTB
- En beskytter av farløse og en forsvarer av enker,
Er Gud i Sin hellige bolig. - B1930
- Farløses far og enkers dommer er Gud i sin hellige bolig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 10:14
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Read in contextJeremiah 49:11
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:18
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Read in contextPsalms 82:3–4
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Read in contextPsalms 146:9
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Read in contextLuke 18:2–7
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
Read in contextPsalms 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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