Psalms 68:5

Psalms chapter 68 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

Context

v.4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him.

v.5This passage

v.6God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 49:11

    Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

  • Psalms 146:9

    Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • Psalms 82:3

    Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

  • Deuteronomy 10:18

    He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.

  • Psalms 33:14

    From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,

  • Job 31:16

    If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,