Then the priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to his holy habitation in heaven.
Psalm 68:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows is God in His holy habitation. American Standard Version (1901) A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation. Common English Bible Father of orphans and defender of widows is God in his holy habitation. Catholic Public Domain Version Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. My enemies, who persecuted me unjustly, have been strengthened. Then I was required to pay for what I did not take. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away. |
Then the priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to his holy habitation in heaven.
I have built thee an exalted house, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.”
Thou dost see; yea, thou dost note trouble and vexation, that thou mayst take it into thy hands; the hapless commits himself to thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
The Lord watches over the sojourners, he upholds the widow and the fatherless; but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
from where he sits enthroned he looks forth on all the inhabitants of the earth,
May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor!
God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘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 for ever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.
And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name; make known his deeds among the nations, proclaim that his name is exalted.
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
Leave your fatherless children, I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me.”
they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of wickedness; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses; and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In thee the orphan finds mercy.”
He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel and the ground which thou hast given us, as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.’