KJV King James Version
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
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Psalm 147:3
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
WEB World English Bible
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
ASV American Standard Version
He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
Surrounding context — Psalm 147
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.
3 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.
6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
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Psalm 34:18The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.Job 5:18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.Jeremiah 33:6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.Luke 4:18The 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,Isaiah 61:1The 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;Hosea 6:1-2Come, 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.Psalm 51:17The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.Isaiah 57:15For 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.Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.Ezekiel 34:16I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up [that which was] broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.Isaiah 1:5-6Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
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