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Psalms 68:5

A 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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Original language & word study

7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֲבִ֣י'a.Vi[is] a father ofH1 →
יְ֭תוֹמִיםYe.to.mimfatherless onesH3490 →
וְדַיַּ֣ןve.dai.Yanand a judge ofH1781 →
אַלְמָנ֑וֹת'al.ma.NotwidowsH490 →
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
בִּמְע֥וֹןbim.'onin [the] dwelling place ofH4583 →
קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃ka.de.Shoholiness hisH6944 →

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James 1:27Pure 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.Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.Jeremiah 49:11Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.Psalms 82:3–4Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.Psalms 146:9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.Psalms 72:4May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.Luke 18:2–7“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.Psalms 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.Zechariah 2:13Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”2 Chronicles 6:2and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”Psalms 33:14From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.Job 29:12–13because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.2 Chronicles 30:27Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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