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Psalm 68:5–6

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5A afather of the fatherless and a bjudge 1for the widows,

Is God in His choly habitation.

6God acauses the lonely to inhabit a home;

He bleads out the prisoners into prosperity,

Only cthe rebellious dwell in a parched land.

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Psalm 68:5: Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Footnotes

  1. 1Lit of

Cross references

  1. aPs 10:14; 146:9
  2. bDeut 10:18
  3. cDeut 26:15
  4. aPs 107:4–7; 113:9
  5. bPs 69:33; 102:20; 107:10, 14; 146:7; Acts 12:7; 16:26
  6. cPs 78:17; 107:34, 40

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows

is God in his holy habitation.

God settles the solitary in a home;

he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,

but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,

is God in his holy dwelling.

God sets the lonely in families,

he leads out the prisoners with singing;

but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God in his holy dwelling is

a father of the fatherless

and a champion of widows.

God provides homes for those who are deserted.

He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,

but the rebellious live in a scorched land.

NLTNew Living Translation

Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—

this is God, whose dwelling is holy.

God places the lonely in families;

he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy.

But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A father to orphans and a judge for widows

is God in his holy habitation.

God settles the lonely in a home;

he brings prisoners out into prosperity.

But the rebellious abide in a barren land.

KJV 1900King James Version

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,

Is God in his holy habitation.

God setteth the solitary in families:

He bringeth out those which are bound with chains:

But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.