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Psalms 146:8

the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

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ASV

Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

KJV

The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יְהוָ֤ה׀Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
פֹּ֘קֵ֤חַpo.Ke.ach[is] openingH6491 →
עִוְרִ֗ים'iv.Rimblind [people]H5787 →
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
זֹקֵ֣ףzo.Kef[is] raising upH2210 →
כְּפוּפִ֑יםke.fu.Fim[those who] are bent downH3721 →
יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֹהֵ֥ב'o.Hev[is] lovingH157 →
צַדִּיקִֽים׃tza.di.Kimrighteous [people]H6662 →

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Psalms 11:7For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.Psalms 145:14The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.Exodus 4:11And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?Matthew 9:30And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”Acts 26:18to 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.’Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.Ephesians 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,John 16:27For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,Matthew 11:5The 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.Luke 13:11–13and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.Psalms 147:6The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.John 14:21–23Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.Deuteronomy 33:3Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—Luke 18:43Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people who saw this gave praise to God.John 9:7Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

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