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Father of the fatherless and protector of widows
    is God in his holy habitation.
God gives the desolate a home to dwell in;
    he leads out the prisoners to prosperity;
    but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

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God, who lives in his sacred Temple,
    cares for orphans and protects widows.
He gives the lonely a home to live in
    and leads prisoners out into happy freedom,
    but rebels will have to live in a desolate land.

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A father to the fatherless,(A) a defender of widows,(B)
    is God in his holy dwelling.(C)
God sets the lonely(D) in families,[a](E)
    he leads out the prisoners(F) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 68:6 Or the desolate in a homeland