KJV King James Version
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
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Psalm 147:6
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.
Surrounding context — Psalm 147
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.
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.
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Psalm 25:9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.Psalm 146:8-9The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:James 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.Psalm 149:4For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.Zephaniah 2:3Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.Psalm 145:14The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all [those that be] bowed down.Psalm 55:23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.Psalm 73:18-19Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.Matthew 5:5Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.1 Peter 3:4But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.2 Peter 2:4-9For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;Psalm 37:11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
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