Psalms 147:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מְעוֹדֵ֣ד עֲנָוִ֣ים יְהוָ֑ה מַשְׁפִּ֖יל רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֲדֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

Meʿōdēd ʿănāwîm YHWH mashpîl reshāʿîm ʿădê-ʾārets

Grammar Details

• *Meʿōdēd*: participle, masculine singular, Piel - lifting up/encouraging
• *ʿănāwîm*: noun, masculine plural - humble ones/afflicted
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *mashpîl*: participle, masculine singular, Hiphil - bringing low/humbling
• *reshāʿîm*: noun, masculine plural - wicked ones
• *ʿădê-ʾārets*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - to the ground/to the earth

Word Meanings

• *Meʿōdēd*: lifts up/sustains/supports/encourages
• *ʿănāwîm*: humble ones/afflicted/poor/meek
• *mashpîl*: brings low/humbles/casts down
• *reshāʿîm*: wicked ones/evildoers/unrighteous
• *ʿădê-ʾārets*: to the ground/to the earth/to the dust

Referenced Verses

• Ps 146:8-9 : 8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous; 9 Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
• Ps 149:4 : 4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
• Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
• Matt 5:5 : 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
• Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt {G5312} you.
• 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 but [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [apparel] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
• 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
• 2 Pet 2:4-9 : 4 For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly; 7 and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with [their] lawless deeds): 9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;
• 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.
• Ps 25:9 : 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
• Ps 37:11 : 11 But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
• Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
• Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
• Ps 145:14 : 14 Jehovah upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth up all those that are bowed down.