But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
Psalm 68:6 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land. 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: |
But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.
and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!
who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners.
For the LORD hears the needy, and doesn't despise his captive people.
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the humble; he has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to those who are bound;
Lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.
but Esav I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.*
Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were loosened.
For it is written, *Rejoice, you barren who don't bear. Break forth and shout, you that don't travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has a husband.*
He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes.