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Psalm 147:3

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

Psalm 147:3, King James Version (KJV)

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

World English Bible (WEB)

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Psalm 147 (KJV)

  1. 1Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
  2. 2The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
  3. 3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
  4. 4He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
  5. 5Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
  6. 6The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
  7. 7Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
  8. 8Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
  9. 9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
  10. 10He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
  11. 11The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
  12. 12Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
  13. 13For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
  14. 14He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
  15. 15He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
  16. 16He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
  17. 17He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
  18. 18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
  19. 19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
  20. 20He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.

Related verses

Passages that readers often connect with Psalm 147:3, in the King James Version.

  • Psalm 34:18

    The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

  • Job 5:18

    For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  • Isaiah 61:1

    The 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;

  • Jeremiah 33:6

    Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

  • Luke 4:18

    The 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,

  • Hosea 6:1–2

    Come, 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. …

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