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Psa 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God in his holy habitation.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

A father		Psa 10:14,18; Psa 82:3,4; Psa 146:9; Job 31:16,17; Jer 49:11; Hsa 14:3
a judge		Psa 72:2,4; Deu 10:18; Job 29:12,13; Isa 1:23; Jer 5:28; Luk 18:2-7; Eph 5:1
in his		Psa 33:14; 2Ch 6:2; 2Ch 30:27; Isa 57:15; Isa 66:1; Act 7:48,49

Correlating Passages

A father

	Psa 10:14	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.
	Psa 10:18	To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
	Psa 82:3	Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
	Psa 82:4	Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.
	Psa 146:9	The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
	Job 31:16	If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
	Job 31:17	Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
	Jer 49:11	Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
	Hsa 14:3	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.

a judge

	Psa 72:2	He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
	Psa 72:4	He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
	Deu 10:18	He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
	Job 29:12	Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
	Job 29:13	The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
	Isa 1:23	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.
	Jer 5:28	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.
	Luk 18:2	Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
	Luk 18:3	And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
	Luk 18:4	And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
	Luk 18:5	Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
	Luk 18:6	And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
	Luk 18:7	And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
	Eph 5:1	Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

in his

	Psa 33:14	From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
	2Ch 6:2	But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
	2Ch 30:27	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.
	Isa 57:15	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 the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
	Isa 66:1	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?
	Act 7:48	Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
	Act 7:49	Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place of my rest?

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 68:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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