Psalms 147 · Verse 6

Psalms 147:6

The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Psalms 147:6, King James Version

Psalms 147:6 in other translations

BSBThe LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
WEBThe LORD upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
ASVJehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.
YLTJehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.
DARBYJehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth.
BBEThe Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.
WebsterThe LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

What does Psalms 147:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. That power is put forth for the good of the meek and suffering pious, and confusion of the wicked (Psa 146:8, 9).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 The Lord lifteth up the meek - The humbled, the afflicted.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 147:1-11

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. He gathers outcast sinners by his grace, and will bring them into his holy habitation. To those whom God heals with the consolations of his Spirit, he speaks peace, assures them their sins are pardoned. And for this, let others praise him also. Man's knowledge is soon ended; but…

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Psalms 147:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מְעוֹדֵ֣דme.'o.Ded[is] relievingH5749
עֲנָוִ֣ים'a.na.Vimhumble [people]H6035
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מַשְׁפִּ֖ילmash.Pil[is] bringing lowH8213
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
עֲדֵי\־'a.dei-toH5704
אָֽרֶץ\׃'A.retz[the] groundH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 147:6

  • Psalms 25:9

    The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

  • 1 Peter 5:6

    Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

  • Psalms 146:8-9

    The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous: The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • James 4:10

    Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

  • Zephaniah 2:3

    Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.

  • Psalms 149:4

    For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

  • Psalms 145:14

    The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

  • 1 Samuel 2:8

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

  • Psalms 55:23

    But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

  • Psalms 73:18-19

    Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

  • 1 Peter 3:4

    But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

  • 2 Peter 2:4-9

    For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
lifteth up.
25:9; 37:11; 145:14; 146:8,9; 149:4; 1Sa 2:8; Zep 2:3; Mt 5:5
Jas 4:10; 1Pe 3:4; 5:6
he casteth.
55:23; 73:18,19; 146:9; 2Pe 2:4-9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 147:5

    Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

  • Psalms 147:6

    The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

  • Psalms 147:7

    Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

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Psalms 147:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Jehová ensalza á los humildes; humilla los impíos hasta la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’ Éternel affermit les débonnaires; il renverse les méchants jusqu’en terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jehova hält aufrecht die Elenden; er erniedrigt bis zur Erde die Gesetzlosen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Mittit crystallum suam sicut buccellas: ante faciem frigoris ejus quis sustinebit?