Thou hast seen {\i it}; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand:\par\tab The helpless committeth {\i himself} unto thee;\par\tab Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 68:6 - American Standard Version 2015 God setteth the solitary in families:\par\tab He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity;\par\tab But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out those which are bound with chains: But the rebellious dwell in a dry land. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. American Standard Version (1901) God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land. Common English Bible God settles the lonely in their homes; he sets prisoners free with happiness, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. Catholic Public Domain Version O God, you know my foolishness, and my offenses have not been hidden from you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee: |
Thou hast seen {\i it}; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand:\par\tab The helpless committeth {\i himself} unto thee;\par\tab Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,\par\tab Being bound in affliction and iron,
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,\par\tab And brake their bonds in sunder.
A fruitful land into a salt desert,\par\tab For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
He maketh the barren woman to keep house,\par\tab {\i And to be} a joyful mother of children.\par\tab Praise ye Jehovah.
Who executeth justice for the oppressed;\par\tab Who giveth food to the hungry.\par\tab Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
For Jehovah heareth the needy,\par\tab And despiseth not his prisoners.
For their Redeemer is strong;\par\tab He will plead their cause against thee.
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening {\i of the prison} to them that are bound;
lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and {\i gave} his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened: and every one's bands were loosed.
For it is written,\par\tab {\b Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not;\par\tab Break forth and cry, thou that travailest not:\par\tab For more are the children of the desolate than of her that hath the husband.}
He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased to hunger: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.