"A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation."
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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.
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.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
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.
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?
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.
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
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.
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.
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
\68:4\Sing to God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.
Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, `Is' God in His holy habitation.