Psalm 68:5

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Summary

Psalm 68:5

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

A judge

Ephesians 5:1

In his

General references

Numbers 27:6

Bible References

A judge

May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

In his

From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

Then the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?

But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

General references

And the Lord said to Moses,