Psalm 68:5

New English Translation

He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:27

The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

2 Chronicles 6:2

O Lord, I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

Psalm 10:14

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

Psalm 10:18

You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

Psalm 118:19

Open for me the gates of the just king’s temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

Psalm 150:6

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

Psalm 33:14

From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth’s inhabitants.

Psalm 72:2

Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably.

Psalm 72:4

He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.

Exodus 3:15

God also said to Moses, “You must say this to the Israelites, ‘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 forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.’

Isaiah 1:23

Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

Isaiah 12:4

At that time you will say: “Praise the Lord! Ask him for help! Publicize his mighty acts among the nations! Make it known that he is unique!

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: “The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?

Jeremiah 49:11

Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.”

Jeremiah 5:28

That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!”

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children

Deuteronomy 10:18

who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, just as you promised our ancestors – a land flowing with milk and honey.”