Psalms 68:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 68:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 68:5 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 68:5 — KJV
“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”
— Psalms 68:5 (KJV)
Psalms 68:5 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
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Cross-References for Psalms 68:5
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 68:5: father, fatherless, widows
“The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 68:5: father, judge, god
“The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 68:5: father, god, habitation
“And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 68:5: father, fatherless, widows
“And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 68:5: father, fatherless, god
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