Thou hast it seen; for their mischief and spite thou wilt repay: The poor commits himself to thee; thou art the orphan's stay.
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows is God in His holy habitation. American Standard Version (1901) A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation. Common English Bible Father of orphans and defender of widows is God in his holy habitation. Catholic Public Domain Version Those who hate me without cause have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. My enemies, who persecuted me unjustly, have been strengthened. Then I was required to pay for what I did not take. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are multiplied above the hairs of my head, who hate me without cause. My enemies are grown strong who have wrongfully persecuted me: then did I pay that which I took not away. |
Thou hast it seen; for their mischief and spite thou wilt repay: The poor commits himself to thee; thou art the orphan's stay.
To judge the fatherless, and those that are oppressed sore; That man, that is but sprung of earth, may them oppress no more.
O set ye open unto me the gates of righteousness; Then will I enter into them, and I the Lord will bless.
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.
Let each thing breathing praise the Lord. Praise to the Lord give ye.
The people's poor ones he shall judge, the needy's children save; And those shall he in pieces break who them oppressed have.