Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous. New Living Translation The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the godly. English Standard Version the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. Berean Standard Bible the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous. King James Bible The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: New King James Version The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous. New American Standard Bible The LORD opens the eyes of those who are blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous. NASB 1995 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous; NASB 1977 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous; Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous; Amplified Bible The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous [the upright in heart]. Christian Standard Bible The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are oppressed. The LORD loves the righteous. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are oppressed. The LORD loves the righteous. American Standard Version Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous; Aramaic Bible in Plain English LORD JEHOVAH opens the blind eyes. LORD JEHOVAH straightens the stooped ones. LORD JEHOVAH loves the righteous. Brenton Septuagint Translation the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers; Contemporary English Version and heals blind eyes. He gives a helping hand to everyone who falls. The LORD loves good people Douay-Rheims Bible the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just. English Revised Version The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous; GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD gives sight to blind people. The LORD straightens [the backs]of those who are bent over. The LORD loves righteous people. Good News Translation and gives sight to the blind. He lifts those who have fallen; he loves his righteous people. International Standard Version the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the righteous. JPS Tanakh 1917 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; The LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; The LORD loveth the righteous; Literal Standard Version YHWH is loosing the prisoners, | YHWH is opening (the eyes of) the blind, | YHWH is raising the bowed down, | YHWH is loving the righteous, Majority Standard Bible the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous. New American Bible the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. NET Bible The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly. New Revised Standard Version the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. New Heart English Bible The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous. Webster's Bible Translation The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: World English Bible Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous. Young's Literal Translation Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Praise the LORD, O My Soul…7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, 8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous. 9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.… Cross References Matthew 9:30 And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one finds out about this!" John 9:7 Then He told him, "Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing. Exodus 4:11 And the LORD said to him, "Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land--your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks--in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you. Psalm 11:7 For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face. Psalm 145:14 The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. Psalm 147:6 The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground. Treasury of Scripture The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous: openeth Isaiah 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Isaiah 42:16,18 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them… Matthew 9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. raiseth Psalm 145:14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. Psalm 147:6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. Luke 13:11-13 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself… loveth Psalm 11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. Deuteronomy 33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. John 14:21-23 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him… Jump to Previous Bent Blind Bowed Eyes Gives Loves Loving Makes Open Openeth Opening Opens Prisoners Raises Raiseth Raising Righteous Sight UprightJump to Next Bent Blind Bowed Eyes Gives Loves Loving Makes Open Openeth Opening Opens Prisoners Raises Raiseth Raising Righteous Sight UprightPsalm 146 1. The Psalmist vows perpetual praises to God3. He exhorts not to trust in man 5. God, for his power, justice, mercy, and kingdom, is only worthy to be trusted (8) Openeth.--Here, and through the verse, the verbs are participles. The elliptical "open the blind" is easily understood. Blindness is sometimes figurative of distress and helplessness (Deuteronomy 28:29; Isaiah 59:9, &c), sometimes of want of mental or spiritual discernment, as Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 42:7, &c. Here, most probably, the former. Raiseth.--See Psalm 145:14. . . . Verse 8. - The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind (comp. Isaiah 35:5). The spiritually blind would seem to be meant, rather than the physically blind, since there is no record of any restoration of physical sight in the Old Testament. The Lord raiseth them that are bowed down (see Psalm 145:14). "Bowed down," i.e., under the hand of oppressors. The Lord loveth the righteous. This lies at the root of all, and shows that the various deliverances spoken of in vers. 7-9 are to be understood as deliverances of the righteous out of their troubles.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew the LORDיְהוָ֤ה ׀ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel opens [the eyes of] פֹּ֘קֵ֤חַ (pō·qê·aḥ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6491: To open, to be observant the blind, עִוְרִ֗ים (‘iw·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 5787: Blind the LORD יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel lifts זֹקֵ֣ף (zō·qêp̄) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 2210: To life, comfort those who are weighed down, כְּפוּפִ֑ים (kə·p̄ū·p̄îm) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Strong's 3721: To bend, bend down, be bent or bowed the LORD יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel loves אֹהֵ֥ב (’ō·hêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 157: To have affection f the righteous. צַדִּיקִֽים׃ (ṣad·dî·qîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6662: Just, righteous Links Psalm 146:8 NIVPsalm 146:8 NLT Psalm 146:8 ESV Psalm 146:8 NASB Psalm 146:8 KJV Psalm 146:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 146:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 146:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 146:8 French Bible Psalm 146:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 146:8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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