Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 147:3
3He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
Psalms 147:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
- New International Version (NIV)He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.
Context of Psalms 147:3
1Hallelujah! How good it is to sing to our God, for praise is pleasant and lovely. 2The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem; he gathers Israel’s exiled people. He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. 4He counts the number of the stars; he gives names to all of them. 5Our Lord is great, vast in power; his understanding is infinite.
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:3 word by word
הָ֭רֹפֵא לִשְׁב֣וּרֵי לֵ֑ב וּ֝מְחַבֵּ֗שׁ לְעַצְּבוֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 147:3
- Psalms 51:17The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God.
- Job 5:18For he wounds but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal.
- Isaiah 57:5who burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree, who slaughter children in the wadis below the clefts of the rocks?
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners;
- Jeremiah 33:6Yet I will certainly bring health and healing to it and will indeed heal them. I will let them experience the abundance of true peace.
- Hosea 6:1Come, let’s return to the Lord. For he has torn us, and he will heal us; he has wounded us, and he will bind up our wounds.
- Malachi 4:2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.
- Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,
- Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep on rebelling? The whole head is hurt, and the whole heart is sick.
Commentaries on Psalms 147:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3He healeth the broken in heart - Referrring primarily to the fact that he had healed those who were crushed and broken in their long captivity, and that he had given them comfort by returning them to their native land. At the same time, however, the language is made general, as describing a characteristic of God that he does this; that it is his character to do this. See the notes at Psalm 34:18. See also Psalm 51:17. Compare Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18. And…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-6The psalmist remembers how the Lord restored Jerusalem and brought back his people who had suffered in exile.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Though applicable to the captive Israelites, this is a general and precious truth. wounds--(Compare Margin).Read the comment
Topics related to Psalms 147:3
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 147
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
Christian Standard Bible — © 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
Commentaries