Psalm 68:5

Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

Because the Lord a father is unto the fatherless; God is the widow's judge, within his place of holiness.

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Thou hast it seen; for their mischief and spite thou wilt repay: The poor commits himself to thee; thou art the orphan's stay.

The stranger's shield, the widow's stay, the orphan's help, is he: But yet by him the wicked's way turn'd upside down shall be.

The people's poor ones he shall judge, the needy's children save; And those shall he in pieces break who them oppressed have.

To judge the fatherless, and those that are oppressed sore; That man, that is but sprung of earth, may them oppress no more.

With right he shall thy people judge, thy poor with uprightness.

He views all from his dwelling-place that in the earth do dwell.

O set ye open unto me the gates of righteousness; Then will I enter into them, and I the Lord will bless.

Let each thing breathing praise the Lord. Praise to the Lord give ye.