Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

He healeth those that are broken in heart, and bindeth vp their sores.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

Bible in Basic English

He makes the broken-hearted well, and puts oil on their wounds.

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Cross references

“healeth”

Job 5:18 Jeremiah 33:6 Luke 4:18 Isaiah 61:1 Psalm 51:17 Isaiah 57:15

Job 5:18 · BSB

For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.

Jeremiah 33:6 · BSB

Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

Luke 4:18 · BSB

“The 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 liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

Isaiah 61:1 · BSB

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Psalm 51:17 · BSB

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Isaiah 57:15 · BSB

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive th…

“wounds”

Isaiah 1:5 Isaiah 1:6

Isaiah 1:5 · BSB

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

Isaiah 1:6 · BSB

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

Also

Psalm 34:18 Ezekiel 34:16

Psalm 34:18 · BSB

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

Ezekiel 34:16 · BSB

I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.

4He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

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