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Psalms 147:3

147:2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. wounds: Heb. griefs

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He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

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

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

147:4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

What does Psalms 147:3 mean?

Psalms 147:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רָפָא (râphâʼ), שָׁבַר (shâbar), לֵב (lêb).

Hebrew interlinear

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He
healethרָפָאrâphâʼ/raw-faw'/H7495properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
the
brokenשָׁבַרshâbar/shaw-bar'/H7665to burst (literally or figuratively)
in
heart,לֵבlêb/labe/H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
and
bindeth
upחָבַשׁchâbash/khaw-bash'/H2280to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
their
wounds.עַצֶּבֶתʻatstsebeth/ats-tseh'-beth/H6094a idol; also, a pain or wound
wounds:
Heb.
griefs

Topics

Afflictions and AdversitiesPenitentPraiseRepentance

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 147:3.

Isaiah 30:26

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

Job 5:18

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

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What does Psalms 147:3 say?

Psalms 147:3 (King James Version) reads: "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. wounds: Heb. griefs"

Is Psalms 147:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 147:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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