Psalm 68:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:27

Then the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.

2 Chronicles 6:2

So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

Psalm 10:18

To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

Psalm 118:19

Let the doors of righteousness be open to me; I will go in and give praise to the Lord.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

Psalm 150:6

Let everything which has breath give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised.

Psalm 33:14

From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

Psalm 72:2

May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

Psalm 72:4

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Exodus 3:15

And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.

Isaiah 1:23

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Isaiah 12:4

And in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.

Isaiah 57:15

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

Isaiah 66:1

The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?

Jeremiah 49:11

Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria will not be our salvation; we will not go on horses; we will not again say to the work of our hands, You are our gods; for in you there is mercy for the child who has no father.

Ephesians 5:1

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

Deuteronomy 10:18

Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

Deuteronomy 26:15

So, looking down from your holy place in heaven, send your blessing on your people Israel and on the land which you have given us, as you said in your oath to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.