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Psa. 68:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

Jer. 49:11• ¹¹Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. (Jer. 49:11)

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A father.

Psa. 10:14,18• ¹⁴Thou hast seen;{HR}Thou beholdest mischief and provocation to requite it with thy hand;{HR}The wretched committeth himself to thee;{HR}[Of] the orphan thou hast been the helper.
¹⁸To judge the orphan and the oppressed:{HR}He shall continue no more to terrify man from the earth. (Psa. 10:14,18)

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Psa. 82:3‑4• ³Judge the poor (man) and fatherless;{HR}Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
⁴Rescue the poor and the needy,{HR}Deliver them from the hand of the wicked. (Psa. 82:3‑4)

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Psa. 146:9• ⁹Jehovah keepeth strangers;{HR}Orphans and widows he upholdeth;{HR}And the way of wicked ones he maketh crooked. (Psa. 146:9)

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Job 31:16‑17• ¹⁶If I kept back the poor from [their] desire,{HR}And the eyes of the widow made to pine,
¹⁷Or ate my morsel by myself,{HR}And the orphan had not eaten of it (Job 31:16‑17)

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Jer. 49:11• ¹¹Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. (Jer. 49:11)

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Hos. 14:3• ³Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. (Hos. 14:3)

a judge.

Psa. 72:2,4• ²He shall judge thy people with righteousness{HR}And thine afflicted with judgment.
⁴He will judge the afflicted of the people,{HR}He will save the sons of the needy,{HR}And will crush the oppressor. (Psa. 72:2,4)

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Deut. 10:18• ¹⁸who executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing. (Deut. 10:18)

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Job 29:12‑13• ¹²For I delivered the poor that cried,{HR}And the fatherless that had no helper.
¹³The blessing of the perishing came on me,{HR}And the heart of the widow I made sing. (Job 29:12‑13)

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Isa. 1:23• ²³Thy 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. 1:23)

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Jer. 5:28• ²⁸They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge. (Jer. 5:28)

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Luke 18:2‑7• ²saying, There was a judge in a city, not fearing God, and not respecting man.
³And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary;
⁴and he would not for a time; but afterwards he said within himself, If even I fear not God, and respect not man,
⁵at any rate because this widow annoys me, I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetual coming completely harass me.
⁶And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
⁷And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them. (Luke 18:2‑7)

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Eph. 5:1• ¹Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children, and walk in love, (Eph. 5:1)

in his.

Psa. 33:14• ¹⁴From the place of his dwelling he looked upon all the inhabitants of the earth, (Psa. 33:14)

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2 Chron. 6:2• ²But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in forever. (2 Chron. 6:2)

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2 Chron. 30:27• ²⁷And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens. (2 Chron. 30:27)

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Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For 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 the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)

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Isa. 66:1• ¹Thus saith Jehovah, the heavens [are] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: what [is] the house that ye will build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest? (Isa. 66:1)

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Acts 7:48‑49• ⁴⁸But the Highest dwelleth not in [places] made with hands; even as the prophet saith,
⁴⁹The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth a footstool of my feet: what sort of house will ye build me, saith [the] Lord, or what [is] my place of rest? (Acts 7:48‑49)

• He acts as a loving Father, and a righteous Judge. (“Psalm 68” by H. Smith)

• {v.5-6} The destitute, the oppressed, the lonely, and the captive are the objects of His care. (“Psalm 68” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

A father of orphans and a judge of widows{HR}[Is] God in the habitation of his holiness.