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The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the godly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/146.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/146.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/146.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The LORD openeth <i>the eyes of</i> the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/146.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The LORD opens <i>the eyes of</i> the blind; The LORD raises those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/146.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD opens <i>the eyes of</i> those who are blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/146.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/146.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The LORD opens <i>the eyes of</i> the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/146.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yahweh opens <i>the eyes of</i> the blind; Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/146.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD opens <i>the eyes of</i> the blind; The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous [the upright in heart].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/146.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are oppressed. The LORD loves the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/146.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are oppressed. The LORD loves the righteous. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/146.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/146.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and heals blind eyes. He gives a helping hand to everyone who falls. The LORD loves good people <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/146.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/146.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD gives sight to blind people. The LORD straightens [the backs]of those who are bent over. The LORD loves righteous people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/146.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and gives sight to the blind. He lifts those who have fallen; he loves his righteous people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/146.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/146.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/146.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/146.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/146.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/146.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/146.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />YHWH is loosing the prisoners, "" YHWH is opening (the eyes of) the blind, "" YHWH is raising the bowed down, "" YHWH is loving the righteous,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/146.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/146.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah opened the eyes of the blind: Jehovah raised those being bowed down: Jehovah loved the just.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/146.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />the Lord enlighteneth the blind. The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: the Lord loveth the just. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/146.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 145:8>The Lord enlightens the blind. The Lord sets upright those who have been thrown down. The Lord loves the just.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/146.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/146.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/146.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/146.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH opens the blind eyes. LORD JEHOVAH straightens the stooped ones. LORD JEHOVAH loves the righteous.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/146.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; The LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; The LORD loveth the righteous;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/146.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/146-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=18081" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/146.htm">Praise the LORD, O My Soul</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6491.htm" title="6491: pō·qê·aḥ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To open, to be observant. A primitive root; to open; figuratively, to be observant.">opens the eyes of</a> <a href="/hebrew/5787.htm" title="5787: ‘iw·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Blind. Intensive from avar; blind.">the blind,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/2210.htm" title="2210: zō·qêp̄ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To raise up. A primitive root; to life, i.e. comfort.">lifts</a> <a href="/hebrew/3721.htm" title="3721: kə·p̄ū·p̄îm (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp) -- To bend, bend down, be bent or bowed. A primitive root; to curve.">those who are weighed down,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ō·hêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">loves</a> <a href="/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662: ṣad·dî·qîm (Adj-mp) -- Just, righteous. From tsadaq; just.">the righteous.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5-6</a></span><br />Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. / Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm">Matthew 11:5</a></span><br />The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a></span><br />“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-39.htm">John 9:39</a></span><br />Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm">Isaiah 42:7</a></span><br />to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1-7</a></span><br />Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, / and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” / Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-30.htm">Matthew 9:30</a></span><br />And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/8-22.htm">Mark 8:22-25</a></span><br />When they arrived at Bethsaida, some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. / So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked. / The man looked up and said, “I can see the people, but they look like trees walking around.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-21.htm">Luke 7:21-22</a></span><br />At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind. / So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-8.htm">John 5:8-9</a></span><br />Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.” / Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18</a></span><br />On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-30.htm">Matthew 15:30-31</a></span><br />Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them. / The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/26-18.htm">Acts 26:18</a></span><br />to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1</a></span><br />The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-46.htm">John 12:46</a></span><br />I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous:</p><p class="hdg">openeth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5</a></b></br> Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm">Isaiah 42:16,18</a></b></br> And I will bring the blind by a way <i>that</i> they knew not; I will lead them in paths <i>that</i> they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/9-30.htm">Matthew 9:30</a></b></br> And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See <i>that</i> no man know <i>it</i>.</p><p class="hdg">raiseth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/145-14.htm">Psalm 145:14</a></b></br> The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all <i>those that be</i> bowed down.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Psalm 147:6</a></b></br> The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/13-11.htm">Luke 13:11-13</a></b></br> And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up <i>herself</i>… </p><p class="hdg">loveth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/11-7.htm">Psalm 11:7</a></b></br> For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/33-3.htm">Deuteronomy 33:3</a></b></br> Yea, he loved the people; all his saints <i>are</i> in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; <i>every one</i> shall receive of thy words.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/14-21.htm">John 14:21-23</a></b></br> He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/145-14.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/psalms/94-9.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/psalms/145-14.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/psalms/145-15.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/146-7.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/psalms/127-2.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/psalms/145-17.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/146-7.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/psalms/145-16.htm">Open</a> <a href="/psalms/106-17.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/psalms/145-16.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/job/36-15.htm">Opens</a> <a href="/psalms/146-7.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/psalms/145-14.htm">Raises</a> <a href="/psalms/145-14.htm">Raiseth</a> <a href="/psalms/145-14.htm">Raising</a> <a href="/psalms/145-17.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/psalms/143-2.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/psalms/145-17.htm">Upright</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/14-19.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-19.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-17.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/146-9.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-12.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/psalms/147-11.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/147-2.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Open</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-3.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-8.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-3.htm">Opens</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-14.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Raises</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-20.htm">Raiseth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-16.htm">Raising</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-7.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-17.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-11.htm">Upright</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 146</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/146-1.htm">The Psalmist vows perpetual praises to God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/146-3.htm">He exhorts not to trust in man</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/146-5.htm">God, for his power, justice, mercy, and kingdom, is only worthy to be trusted</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical times, blindness was a common ailment, often seen as a metaphor for spiritual ignorance or lack of understanding. Jesus' healing of the blind, as seen in <a href="/john/9.htm">John 9:1-7</a>, serves as a fulfillment of this promise, demonstrating His divine authority and compassion. The opening of the eyes is also symbolic of enlightenment and revelation, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/1-18.htm">Ephesians 1:18</a>, where Paul prays for the eyes of the heart to be enlightened. This act of opening the eyes signifies God's ability to bring truth and understanding to those in darkness.<p><b>the LORD lifts those who are weighed down</b><br>This phrase speaks to God's care for the oppressed and burdened. In the historical context of ancient Israel, many were weighed down by poverty, injustice, and foreign oppression. God's lifting of the burdened is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, as seen in <a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>, where Jesus invites the weary to find rest in Him. This lifting is not only physical but also emotional and spiritual, providing relief and hope. The imagery of lifting suggests a personal and intimate involvement of God in the lives of His people, offering support and strength.<p><b>the LORD loves the righteous</b><br>This phrase emphasizes God's special affection for those who live in accordance with His will. Righteousness in the biblical sense involves a right relationship with God and others, characterized by justice, mercy, and humility. The love of the LORD for the righteous is a theme found throughout the Psalms and Proverbs, where the righteous are often contrasted with the wicked. This love is not earned but is a response to the faithfulness and obedience of the righteous, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/5-12.htm">Psalm 5:12</a> and <a href="/proverbs/15-9.htm">Proverbs 15:9</a>. The ultimate expression of God's love for the righteous is found in Jesus Christ, who embodies perfect righteousness and offers His righteousness to believers through faith.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal existence and faithfulness to His promises.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_blind.htm">The Blind</a></b><br>Symbolically represents those who are spiritually or physically unable to see, whom God restores.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/those_weighed_down.htm">Those Weighed Down</a></b><br>Individuals burdened by life's challenges, whom God supports and uplifts.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_righteous.htm">The Righteous</a></b><br>Those who live in accordance with God's will and are loved by Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_compassionate_nature.htm">God's Compassionate Nature</a></b><br>God is deeply concerned with the physical and spiritual well-being of His people, as seen in His actions of opening eyes and lifting burdens.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_blindness_and_sight.htm">Spiritual Blindness and Sight</a></b><br>Just as God opens physical eyes, He also opens spiritual eyes, allowing us to see His truth and live in His light.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_support_for_the_burdened.htm">God's Support for the Burdened</a></b><br>In times of trouble, God is our support and strength, lifting us when we are weighed down by life's challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/righteous_living.htm">Righteous Living</a></b><br>God loves those who pursue righteousness, encouraging us to live in a way that aligns with His will and commands.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_146.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 146</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_146_8_align_with_science.htm">In Psalm 146:8, how does God’s claimed power to heal blindness align with documented medical science? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_god's_favor_mean.htm">What does God's favor mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_psalm_19_with_contradictions.htm">In Psalm 19:7-9, the law of the Lord is described as perfect and altogether righteous. How do we reconcile this with other biblical passages that appear contradictory or ethically problematic?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_parties_align_with_biblical_justice.htm">How do Republican and Democrat views align with biblical social justice?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/146.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Openeth.--</span>Here, and through the verse, the verbs are participles. The elliptical "open the blind" is easily understood.<p>Blindness is sometimes figurative of distress and helplessness (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-29.htm" title="And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and spoiled ever more, and no man shall save you.">Deuteronomy 28:29</a>; <a href="/isaiah/59-9.htm" title="Therefore is judgment far from us, neither does justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.">Isaiah 59:9</a>, &c), sometimes of want of mental or spiritual discernment, as <a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm" title="And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.">Isaiah 29:18</a>; <a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm" title="To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.">Isaiah 42:7</a>, &c. Here, most probably, the former.<p><span class= "bld">Raiseth.--</span>See <a href="/psalms/145-14.htm" title="The LORD upholds all that fall, and raises up all those that be bowed down.">Psalm 145:14</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/146.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5</a>). The spiritually blind would seem to be meant, rather than the physically blind, since there is no record of any restoration of physical sight in the Old Testament. <span class="cmt_word">The Lord raiseth them that are bowed down</span> (see <a href="/psalms/145-14.htm">Psalm 145:14</a>). "Bowed down," <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>., under the hand of oppressors. <span class="cmt_word">The Lord loveth the righteous.</span> This lies at the root of all, and shows that the various deliverances spoken of in vers. 7-9 are to be understood as deliverances of <span class="accented">the righteous</span> out of their troubles. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/146-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֤ה ׀</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">opens [the eyes of]</span><br /><span class="heb">פֹּ֘קֵ֤חַ</span> <span class="translit">(pō·qê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6491.htm">Strong's 6491: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open, to be observant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the blind,</span><br /><span class="heb">עִוְרִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘iw·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5787.htm">Strong's 5787: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֭הוָה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lifts</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹקֵ֣ף</span> <span class="translit">(zō·qêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2210.htm">Strong's 2210: </a> </span><span class="str2">To life, comfort</span><br /><br /><span class="word">those who are weighed down,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּפוּפִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(kə·p̄ū·p̄îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3721.htm">Strong's 3721: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bend, bend down, be bent or bowed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֝הוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">loves</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹהֵ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> </span><span class="str2">To have affection f</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the righteous.</span><br /><span class="heb">צַדִּיקִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣad·dî·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6662.htm">Strong's 6662: </a> </span><span class="str2">Just, righteous</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalm 146:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/146-8.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 146:8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/146-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 146:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 146:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/146-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 146:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 146:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>