Psalm 147:3 (BSB)
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
From Psalms 147. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Psalm 147:3
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 147:1-20: PSALM 147 This Psalm also incites the people of God to praise him upon two accounts; first, for the display of his power, goodness, wisdom, and other perfections in the common government of the world, and the several parts of it, the heavens and the earth, but more particularly for his special goodness in cherishing and defending the Church which he has chosen of his...
- C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 147:3: He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. This the Holy Spirit mentions as a part of the glory of God, and a reason for our declaring his praise: the Lord is not only a Builder, but a Healer; he restores broken hearts as well as broken walls.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 147:1-11: Here, I. The duty of praise is recommended to us. It is not without reason that we are thus called to it again and again: Praise you the Lord (Psa 147:1), and again (Psa 147:7), Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving, sing praise upon the harp to our God (let all our praises be directed to him and centre in him), for it is good...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 147:3: He healeth the broken in heart,.... Christ is a physician; many are the diseases of his people; he heals them all by his blood, stripes, wounds; and among the rest their broken hearts, which none can cure but himself; hearts broken by the word, as a hammer, accompanied with a divine power; which have a true sense of sin, and godly sorrow for it; are...