He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
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Psalms 147:1-5
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) (public domain).
Though applicable to the captive Israelites, this is a general and precious truth. wounds--(Compare Margin).
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The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
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,
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;
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. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.