Psalms 68:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁ֤ירוּ ׀ לֵֽאלֹהִים֮ זַמְּר֢וּ שְׁ֫מ֥וֹ סֹ֡לּוּ לָרֹכֵ֣ב בָּ֭עֲרָבוֹת בְּיָ֥הּ שְׁמ֗וֹ וְעִלְז֥וּ לְפָנָֽיו׃

Transliteration

šîrû to-ʾelōhîm zammərû šəmô sōllû to-rōkēb bā-ʿărābôt bə-yāh šəmô wə-ʿilzû lə-pānāyw

Grammar Details

• *šîrû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - 'sing'
• to-*ʾelōhîm*: preposition לְ (to) + masculine plural noun with singular meaning - 'to God'
• *zammərû*: Piel imperative masculine plural - 'sing praises/make music'
• *šəmô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - 'his name'
• *sōllû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - 'make a highway/cast up'
• to-*rōkēb*: preposition לְ (to/for) + Qal active participle masculine singular construct - 'for him who rides'
• *bā-ʿărābôt*: preposition בְּ (in) + definite article + feminine plural noun - 'in the deserts/clouds'
• *bə-yāh*: preposition בְּ (in/by) + shortened form of divine name - 'by Yah'
• *wə-ʿilzû*: conjunction וְ (and) + Qal imperative masculine plural - 'and rejoice'
• *lə-pānāyw*: preposition לְ (before) + masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - 'before him'

Word Meanings

• *rōkēb*: rider/one who rides
• *ʿărābôt*: deserts/clouds/steppes/heaven
• *yāh*: Yah/shortened form of YHWH/the LORD
• *ʿilzû*: rejoice/be jubilant/celebrate

Referenced Verses

• Deut 10:18 : 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
• Ps 10:14 : 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.
• Jer 49:11 : 11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
• Ps 33:14 : 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
• Ps 72:4 : 4 He shall judge{H8799)} the poor of the people, he shall save{H8686)} the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces{H8762)} the oppressor{H8802)}.
• Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Defend{H8798)} the poor and fatherless: do justice{H8685)} to the afflicted and needy{H8802)}. 4 Deliver{H8761)} the poor and needy: rid{H8685)} them out of the hand of the wicked.
• Ps 146:9 : 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
• Isa 1:23 : 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.
• 2 Chr 6:2 : 2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
• Luke 18:2-7 : 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
• Jer 5:28 : 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.
• Acts 7:48-49 : 48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, 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?
• Eph 5:1 : 1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
• 2 Chr 30:27 : 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.
• Job 29:12-13 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
• Job 31:16-17 : 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
• Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
• Deut 26:15 : 15 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.
• Isa 57:15 : 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 : 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?
• Ps 72:2 : 2 He shall judge{H8799)} thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
• Hos 14:3 : 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.