The Bible calls God a father to the fatherless and gives his people the work of caring for them. The law set part of the harvest aside for them (Deuteronomy 24:19), Isaiah accused Jerusalem’s rulers of neglecting them (Isaiah 1:23), and James 1:27 counts their care as religion God accepts. In the NIV, the law, the Psalms and the prophets call these children “the fatherless”, while James 1:27 and John 14:18 say “orphans”; Psalm 68:5 calls God “a father to…
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