Psalms 68:5
in Psalms 68A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
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ASV
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
KJV
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
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This verse in Psalms 68
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. In the wilderness the people were like an orphan nation, but God was more than a father to them. As the generation which came out of Egypt gradually died away, there were many widows and fatherless ones in the camp, but they suffered no want or wrong, for the righteous laws and the just administrators whom God had appointed, looked well to the interests of the needy. The tabernacle was the Palace of Justice; the ark was the seat of the great King.
This site's exposition
Sing praises to His name
on Psalms 68:4-6
The name in verse 4 is YAH, the short form that stands inside every hallelujah. Verses 5 and 6 name Him by what He does: a father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, settling the lonely in families and leading prisoners out. The rebellious get the sun-scorched land.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲבִ֣י | ʾavi | [is] a father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| יְ֭תוֹמִים | yetomim | fatherless ones | H3490 → | 42 times |
| וְדַיַּ֣ן | vedaiyan | and a judge of | H1781 → | |
| אַלְמָנ֑וֹת | ʾalmanot | widows | H490 → | 56 times |
| אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בִּמְע֥וֹן | bimon | in [the] dwelling place of | H4583 → | 18 times |
| קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃ | kadesho | holiness his | H6944 → | 469 times |
אֲבִ֣י[is] a father of
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
יְ֭תוֹמִיםfatherless ones
yetomimH3490 →42 times
וְדַיַּ֣ןand a judge of
vedaiyanH1781 →
אַלְמָנ֑וֹתwidows
ʾalmanotH490 →56 times
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
בִּמְע֥וֹןin [the] dwelling place of
bimonH4583 →18 times
קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃holiness his
kadeshoH6944 →469 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
it leads to
- Psalms 146:9
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 49:11
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
- Psalms 146:9
Through
Jeremiah 49:11Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
it leads to
- Hosea 14:3
Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- James 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- Hosea 14:3
Through
Psalms 146:9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
it leads to
- Psalms 147:6
The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
- Deuteronomy 10:18–19
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
- Psalms 147:6
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.