“Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.”
Psalm 68 is one of the most ancient liturgical poems in Scripture — a processional hymn, sung as the ark of God was carried into Jerusalem. In a culture where fatherless children had no legal rights and widows had no economic protection, God's self-identification as their defender was a radical political and theological statement.
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