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Psalms 147:3

ComfortSickness and healingGriefMercy and compassion

1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

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

4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

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BSB
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
KJV
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
WEB
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
ASV
He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.
DARBY
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
BLB
giving healing to the broken of heart, and binding up their wounds,
ÅB
Han helbreder dem som har et sønderknust hjerte, og forbinder deres smertefulle sår.
OTB
Han leger de som har et sønderknust hjerte
Og forbinder deres sår.
B1930
Han helbreder dem som har et sønderknust hjerte, og forbinder deres smertefulle sår.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 34:18

    The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

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  • Job 5:18

    For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

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  • Jeremiah 33:6

    Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

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  • Isaiah 61:1

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

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  • Luke 4:18

    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

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  • Hosea 6:1–2

    Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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  • Psalms 51:17

    The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

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  • Isaiah 57:15

    For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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