Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 68 connects to 10 cross-references. A processional psalm of David celebrating God's march from Sinai to Zion as divine warrior. It opens with the ancient war cry of Numbers 10 and catalogs God's care for orphans, widows, and prisoners. The psalm ends with kings bringing …
Other Translations
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, <FI>Is<Fi> God in His holy habitation.
A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.
Cross References
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given …
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up …
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing …
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself …
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.