Psalm 147:3

Translations

Modern

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Traditional

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Literal

…giving healing to the broken of heart, and binding up their wounds,

Latin

…qui sanat contritos corde, et alligat contritiones eorum;

Original

Hebrew

English

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Notes

Psalms 147:2–6

The psalmist remembers how the Lord restored Jerusalem and brought back his people who had suffered in exile.

Psalms 147:1–20

The psalmist calls for the Lord to be praised for restoring and blessing Zion, caring for the poor, displaying his power over nature, and revealing himself to his people.

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).

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Related verses

Psalm 34:18
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Job 5:18
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
Jeremiah 33:6
Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
Hosea 6:1–2
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Malachi 4:2
“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
Ezekiel 34:16
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
Isaiah 1:5–6
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

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Abuse Afflictions and Adversities: Consolation In Being Left Out Being Lonely Being Sick Breakups Broken Hearts Brokenness Comfort Emotional Healing Faith Healing Feeling Alone God Loves Me God: Preserver God's Compassion Harming People Healing Healing a Broken Heart Healing the Body Health Hurting Others Inner Healing Loneliness Losing a Loved One Loss of a Loved One Mending Miscarriages Missing Someone Penitent: Promises To Praise: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Prayer for Healing Recovery Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Sadness

Psalm 147:3

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