Psalms 68:5

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Psalms 68:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

4 Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds — His name is the LORD— and rejoice before Him.

5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.

6 God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

7 O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah

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Psalms 10:14

But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Psalms 10:18

to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.

Psalms 82:3

Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.

Psalms 82:4

Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.

Psalms 146:9

The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.

Job 31:16

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

Job 31:17

if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

Jeremiah 49:11

Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”

Hosea 14:3

Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

Psalms 72:2

May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

Psalms 72:4

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 29:13

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

Luke 18:2

“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.

Luke 18:3

And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

Luke 18:4

For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

Luke 18:5

yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”

Luke 18:6

And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.

Luke 18:7

Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?

Ephesians 5:1

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

Psalms 33:14

From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.

2 Chronicles 6:2

and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

2 Chronicles 30:27

Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?

Acts 7:48

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

Acts 7:49

‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?