Psalm 146:8

Translations

Modern

…the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

Traditional

The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

Literal

YHWH opens the eyes of the blind; YHWH raises up those bent down; YHWH loves the righteous ones;

Latin

Dominus illuminat cæcos. Dominus erigit elisos; Dominus diligit justos.

Original

Hebrew

English

…the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

Notes

Psalms 146:8–9

Repeating the Lord’s name (shown as LORD in the Berean Standard Bible) four times emphasizes that he alone heals, lifts burdens, loves, and protects.

Psalms 146:1–10

The call to praise (Psalm 146:1–2) leads to a warning against foolishness and false confidence (146:3–4). The psalm ends with a blessing for everyone who places their hope in the Lord (Psalm 146:5–7).

Psalms 146:1–150:6

The Psalter ends with five hallelujah psalms, so named because each begins and ends with Praise the LORD! (Hebrew haleluyah).

Theme notes and profiles

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Related verses

Psalm 11:7
For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
Psalm 145:14
The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
Acts 26:18
…to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
Matthew 9:30
And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”
Ephesians 1:18
I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
Isaiah 35:5
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
2 Corinthians 7:6
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
Matthew 11:5
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
John 16:27
For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
Luke 13:11–13
…and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
John 14:21–23
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
Isaiah 42:16
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.

Glossary

Hallel Hallelujah Music Psalms, Book of

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God God: Love of God: Mercy of God: Preserver God: Providence of Praise: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Righteousness: They Who Walk In, and Follow are Loved by God Sight The Eye: God: Opens

Psalm 146:8

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