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Psalms 147:3 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 147:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 147:35 words
HebrewMeaning
הָ֭/רֹפֵאhārōpēʾ
who is healingparticleH7495
heal · physician · repair · thoroughly ···
לִ/שְׁב֣וּרֵיlišəbwrēy
the people broken ofpronH7665
off · in pieces · up) · broken ···
לֵ֑בlēb
heartnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
וּ֝/מְחַבֵּ֗שׁwməḥabēš
and he is binding upconjH2280
gird about · govern · healer · put ···
לְ/עַצְּבוֹתָֽ/םləʿaṣəbwōtām
wounds theirpronH6094
wound
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 147:3

1. It is said to us, “Praise the Lord” Psalm 146:1. This is said to all nations, not to us alone. And these words, sounded forth through separate places by the Readers, each Church hears separately; but the one same Voice of God proclaims unto all, that we praise Him. And as though we asked wherefore we ought to praise the Lord, behold what reason he has brought forward: “Praise the Lord,” he says, “for a Psalm is good.” Is this all the reward of them that praise?...The…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 147 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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