Psalm 147:6
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רוּם
rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
עָנָו
ʻânâv
depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
שָׁפֵל
shâphêl
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
רוּם rûwm
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Study H7311 →עָנָו ʻânâv
depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
Study H6035 →שָׁפֵל shâphêl
to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
Study H8213 →Cross References
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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.
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.
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
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’...
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
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.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
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