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Psalm 147

Psa. 147:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hev healeth
rapha' (Hebrew #7495)
a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
KJV usage: cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole. See 7503.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: or raphah {raw-faw'}
the broken
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
in heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
, and bindeth up
chabash (Hebrew #2280)
to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule
KJV usage: bind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.
Pronounce: khaw-bash'
Origin: a primitive root
their κwounds
`atstsebeth (Hebrew #6094)
a idol; also, a pain or wound
KJV usage: sorrow, wound.
Pronounce: ats-tseh'-beth
Origin: from 6087
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healeth.
Psa. 51:17• 17The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit;{HR}A heart broken and contrite, Ο God, thou wilt not despise. (Psa. 51:17)
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Job 5:18• 18For he woundeth, and bindeth up,{HR}He smiteth and his hands make whole. (Job 5:18)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Isa. 61:1• 1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and opening of the prison to the bound; (Isa. 61:1)
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Jer. 33:6• 6Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. (Jer. 33:6)
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Hos. 6:1‑2• 1Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2After two days he will revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
(Hos. 6:1‑2)
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Mal. 4:2• 2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall. (Mal. 4:2)
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Luke 4:18• 18[The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he hath sent me [to heal the broken-hearted], to preach to captives deliverance, and to [the] blind sight, to send forth [the] crushed delivered, (Luke 4:18)
wounds.
Heb. griefs.
 He heals the broken in heart, He binds up their wounds. There is not only tender compassion in grace, but remedy. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 146-150 by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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The healer of the broken-hearted,{HR}And binding up their wounds.