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Psalms 68:5

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

KJV

Multiplicati sunt super capillos capitis mei qui oderunt me gratis. Confortati sunt qui persecuti sunt me inimici mei injuste ; quæ non rapui, tunc exsolvebam.

Vulgate

ἐπληθύνθησαν ὑπὲρ τὰς τρίχας τῆς κεφαλῆς μου οἱ μισοῦντές με δωρεάν· ἐκραταιώθησαν οἱ ἐχθροί μου οἱ ἐκδιώκοντές με ἀδίκως· ἃ οὐχ ἥρπασα τότε ἀπετίννυον.

LXX

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

ASV

שִׁ֤ירוּ לֵֽ/אלֹהִים֮ זַמְּר֪וּ שְׁ֫מ֥/וֹ סֹ֡לּוּ לָ/רֹכֵ֣ב בָּ֭/עֲרָבוֹת בְּ/יָ֥הּ שְׁמ֗/וֹ וְ/עִלְז֥וּ לְ/פָנָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הָ
h
verb · 12×
וֹ
v
verb · 78×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
זַמְּר֣וּ
zmrv
verb · 40×
יָֽהּ
yh
proper_noun · 50×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים
mshrrym
verb · 85×
עַֽרְבֹ֣ת
'rbt
noun · 61×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
תַּעֲלֹ֖זְנָה
t'lznh
verb · 17×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Summa Theologica · 2 passages
Was it necessary for Christ to suffer for men's deliverance? Was there any other possible means of delivering men? Was this the more suitable means? Was it fitting for Christ to suffer on the cross? The extent of His sufferings Was the pain which He endured the greatest? Did His entire soul suffer? Did His Passion hinder the joy of fruition? The time of the Passion The place Wa…
Did Christ's Passion bring about our salvation by way of merit? Was it by way of atonement? Was it by way of sacrifice? Was it by way of redemption? Is it proper to Christ to be the Redeemer? Did the Passion secure man's salvation efficiently? Article 1. Whether Christ's Passion brought about our salvation by way of merit? Objection 1. It would seem that Christ's Passion did no…
Q. What do you believe when you say: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth? A. That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth and everything in them, who still upholds and rules them by his eternal counsel and providence, is my God and Father because of Christ his Son. I trust him so much that I do not …

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:3 — Honour widows that are widows indeed.
  • 2Chr 6:2 — But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
  • 2Chr 30:27 — Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
  • 2Chr 30:27 — Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
  • Acts 7:48 — Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
  • Deut 10:18 — He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
  • Deut 10:18 — He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
  • Eph 5:1 — Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
  • Hos 14:3 — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
  • Hos 14:3 — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
  • Isa 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
  • Isa 57:15 — For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of t
  • Isa 66:1 — Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
  • Jas 1:27 — Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
  • Jer 5:28 — They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
  • Jer 22:3 — Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, ne
  • Jer 49:11 — Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
  • Jer 49:11 — Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
  • Job 29:12 — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
  • Job 29:12 — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
  • Job 29:16 — I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
  • Job 31:16 — If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
  • Luke 18:2 — Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
  • Prov 15:25 — The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
  • Prov 22:23 — For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
  • Ps 10:14 — Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
  • Ps 10:14 — Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
  • Ps 10:18 — To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
  • Ps 33:14 — From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
  • Ps 72:2 — He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
  • Ps 72:4 — He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
  • Ps 82:3 — Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
  • Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
  • Ps 146:9 — The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
  • Ps 146:9 — The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
  • Zech 2:13 — Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.