He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
What does Psalms 147:3 mean?
Praising God is work that is its own wages. It is comely; it becomes us as reasonable creatures, much more as people in covenant with God.
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Commentary on Psalms 147:3
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He 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 bindeth up their wounds - See the notes at Isaiah 1:6 . Margin, griefs.
Context in Psalms 147
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Psalms 147 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as Book V. Psalms is the Bible’s great book of sung prayer, teaching the full range of faithful speech from anguish and repentance to jubilation and doxology. Read this chapter with the wider themes of prayer, praise, and lament in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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