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Psalms 147:6

147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. his: Heb. of his understanding there is no number
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

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Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground.

147:7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

What does Psalms 147:6 mean?

Psalms 147:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), עוּד (ʻûwd), עָנָו (ʻânâv).

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The
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
lifteth
upעוּדʻûwd/ood/H5749to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
the
meek:עָנָוʻânâv/aw-nawv'/H6035depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
he
castethשָׁפֵלshâphêl/shaw-fale'/H8213to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
the
wickedרָשָׁעrâshâʻ/raw-shaw'/H7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
downשָׁפֵלshâphêl/shaw-fale'/H8213to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
to
the
ground.אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 147:6.

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 2:5

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day

Genesis 6:6

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

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What does Psalms 147:6 say?

Psalms 147:6 (King James Version) reads: "The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground."

Is Psalms 147:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 147:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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