Psalm 68:5

New International Version

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:27

The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.

2 Chronicles 6:2

I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”

Psalm 10:14

But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 10:18

defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.

Psalm 118:19

Open for me the gates of the righteous; I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

Psalm 150:6

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

Psalm 33:14

from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth—

Psalm 72:2

May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.

Psalm 72:4

May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor.

Exodus 3:15

God also said to Moses, “Say 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, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow’s case does not come before them.

Isaiah 12:4

In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?

Jeremiah 49:11

‘Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.’ ”

Jeremiah 5:28

and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria cannot save us; we will not mount warhorses. We will never again say ‘Our gods’ to what our own hands have made, for in you the fatherless find compassion.”

Ephesians 5:1

Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children

Deuteronomy 10:18

He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 26:15

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