Psalm 68:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ Father of the fatherless, And Right-ruler of widows, Is Elohim in His set-apart dwelling.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows is God in His holy habitation.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

Common English Bible

⁵ Father of orphans and defender of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ 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.

Psalm 68:5 Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:27

And the priests, the Lĕ

2 Chronicles 6:2

“But I have built You an exalted house, and a place for You to dwell in forever.”

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 10:18

To defend the fatherless and the downtrodden; So that man who is of the earth no longer oppresses!

Psalm 118:19

Open to me the gates of righteousness; I enter through them, I thank Yah.

Psalm 146:9

יהוה  guards the strangers, He lifts up the fatherless and widow, But the way of the wrong ones He turns upside down.

Psalm 150:6

Let all that have breath praise Yah. Praise Yah!

Psalm 33:14

He looked from His dwelling place On all the inhabitants of the earth –

Psalm 72:2

Let Him rule Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with right-ruling.

Psalm 72:4

Let Him rightly rule the poor of the people, Save the children of the needy, And crush the oppressor.

Exodus 3:15

And Elohim said further to Mosheh, “Thus you are to say to the children of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.

Isaiah 12:4

And in that day you shall say, “Praise יהוה, call upon His Name; make known His deeds among the peoples, make mention that His Name is exalted.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus said יהוה, “The heavens are My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where is this house that you build for Me? And where is this place of My rest?

Jeremiah 49:11

“Leave your fatherless children, let Me keep them alive. And let your widows trust in Me.”

Jeremiah 5:28

‘They have become fat, they are sleek. They also overlook the deeds of the wrong. They did not rightly rule the cause of the fatherless, so that they prosper. And the right of the needy they did not rightly rule.

Hosea 14:3

“Ashshur does not save us. We do not ride on horses, nor ever again do we say to the work of our hands, ‘Our mighty ones.’ For the fatherless finds compassion in You.”

Ephesians 5:1

Become, then, imitators of Elohim as beloved children.

Deuteronomy 10:18

“He executes right-ruling for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and a garment.

Deuteronomy 26:15

‘Look from Your set-apart dwelling place, from the heavens, and bless Your people Yisra’ĕ