Psalm 68:5
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
שָׁפַט
shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literall...
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
נָוֶה
nâveh
(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild ...
Key Terms in This Verse
נָוֶה nâveh
(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)
Study H5116 →שָׁפַט shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Study H8199 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Thy 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.
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
For 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 t...
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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