Psalms 68:5

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC67:6

Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place:

GNV

He is a Father of the fatherlesse, and a Iudge of the widowes, euen God in his holy habitation.

JPS68:6

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

LXXE67:6

who is the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows: such is God in his holy place.

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Original-language editions

WLC68:6

אֲבִ֣י יְ֭תוֹמִים וְדַיַּ֣ן אַלְמָנ֑וֹת אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים בִּמְע֥וֹן קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃KJV:Ps.68.5

LXX-Br67:6

ταραχθήσονται ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, τοῦ πατρὸς τῶν ὀρφανῶν, καὶ κριτοῦ τῶν χηρῶν, ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τόπῳ ἁγίῳ αὐτοῦ.

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• Jeremiah 49:11Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
• 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 82:3–4Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
• Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
• Psalms 146:9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
• Luke 18:2–7“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but later he…
• 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.
• Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
• 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…
• 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.
• Psalms 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
• 2 Chronicles 6:2and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
• Ephesians 5:1Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
• Psalms 33:14From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
• 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?
• Job 29:12–13because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

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