Psalms 68:5-6

A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation. God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 68

4 songs meet this passage

  • There Is a Light That Never Goes Out · The Smiths

    strains against Psalms 68:5-6

    The narrator feels utterly homeless and unwelcome, while this psalm names God as the one who sets the lonely in families and gives the outcast a home.

  • Truman Show · Kid Cudi

    resonates with Psalms 68:6

    The farewell to loneliness echoes the psalm's promise that God sets the solitary into belonging, though the song leaves the 'how' unresolved.

  • “So show me family”

    Ho Hey · The Lumineers

    resonates with Psalms 68:6

    The cry for family and belonging mirrors the psalm's picture of God setting the lonely in households.

  • Message In A Bottle (Remastered 2003) · The Police

    resonates with Psalms 68:6

    The song's turn from isolation to discovering a hundred billion others looking for home gestures toward the truth that God sets the lonely in community, even if the song stops short of naming him.