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

Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably.

who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children

In his

From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth's inhabitants.

O Lord, I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently."

The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

This is what the Lord says: "The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?

Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says,

General references

The Lord said to Moses: