Psalms 147:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

God setteth vp the meeke: he bringeth the vngodly downe to the grounde.

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  • Ps 146:8-9 : 8 God rayseth them vp that are falling: God loueth the ryghteous. 9 God taketh strangers into his custodie, he releeueth the fatherlesse and the widdowe: as for the way of the vngodlye he turneth it vpsyde downe.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For God hath a pleasure in his people: he wyll beautifie the afflicted with saluation.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seke the Lorde all ye meeke hearted vpon earth, ye that worke after his iudgement: seke righteousnesse, seke lowlinesse, that ye may be defended in the wrothfull day of the Lorde:
  • Matt 5:5 : 5 Blessed (are) the meke: for they shall inherite the earth.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde, and he shall lyft you vp.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 But let the hid man whiche is in the heart, be without all corruption, so that the spirite be at rest and quiet, whiche spirite is before god a thing much set by.
  • 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Submit your selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he may exalt you when the tyme is come.
  • 2 Pet 2:4-9 : 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them downe into hell, and delyuered them into chaynes of darknesse, to be kept vnto iudgement: 5 Neither spared the olde worlde, but saued Noe the eyght person a preacher of ryghteousnesse, and brought in the flood vpon the worlde of the vngodly, 6 And turned their cities of Sodome & Gomorrhe into asshes, ouerthrewe the, dampned them, and made of them an ensample vnto those that after shoulde lyue vngodly: 7 And iust Lot, vexed with ye vncleane conuersatio of the wicked, deliuered he. 8 For he beyng ryghteous, & dwellyng among them, in seyng and hearyng, vexed his ryghteous soule from daye to daye with their vnlawfull deedes. 9 The Lorde knoweth howe to delyuer the godly out of temptation, and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement for to be punished:
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He rayseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lyfteth vp the beggar from the dounghyll, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: For the pyllers of the earth are the lordes, and he hath set the worlde vpon them.
  • Ps 25:9 : 9 He wyll guide the meke in iudgement: and teache the humble his way.
  • Ps 37:11 : 11 But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth: and shalbe delighted in the aboundaunce of peace.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 And as for them: thou O Lorde wylt hurle headlong into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirstie and deceiptfull men shal not liue out halfe their dayes: neuerthelesse I wyll put my full trust in thee.
  • Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Truely thou doest set them in slippery places: and castest them downe headlong for to be destroyed. 19 Oh howe be they brought to a destruction euen vpon a sodayne: they faynt, they consume away for very dread.
  • Ps 145:14 : 14 God vpholdeth all such as fall: and lyfteth vp all those that be bowyng downewarde.

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    6The Lord kylleth and maketh alyue, bryngeth downe to the graue & fetcheth vp agayne.

    7The Lord maketh poore, and maketh ryche, bringeth lowe, and heaueth vp on hye.

    8He rayseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lyfteth vp the beggar from the dounghyll, to set them among princes, and to make them inherite the seate of glory: For the pyllers of the earth are the lordes, and he hath set the worlde vpon them.

    9He wyll kepe the feete of his saintes, and the wicked shall kepe scilence in darknesse, and in his owne myght shal no man be strong.

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    15Thus hath man a fall and is brought lowe, and the hygh loke of the proude shalbe layde downe.

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    14God vpholdeth all such as fall: and lyfteth vp all those that be bowyng downewarde.

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    5For he hath brought downe the high minded citizens: as for the proude citie he hath brought it lowe, euen to the ground shall he cast it downe, and bring it vnto dust.

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    6For though God be on high: yet he will haue respect vnto the lowly, and he wyll knowe the proude a farre of.

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    10Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde, and he shall lyft you vp.

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    29When the wicked be cast downe, thou shalt say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.

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    52He hath put downe the myghtie fro their seates, and exalted them of lowe degree.

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    7For God is the iudge: it is he that putteth downe one, and setteth vp another.

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    11Cast abrode the indignation of thy wrath, and beholde euery one that is proude, and abase him:

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    11To set vp them that be of lowe degree, and that those which are in heauinesse may be exalted to saluation.

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    11The high lookes of man shalbe brought lowe, and the hautinesse of men shalbe bowed downe: and the Lorde alone shalbe exalted in that day.

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    9He wyll guide the meke in iudgement: and teache the humble his way.

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    17For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken: and God vpholdeth the righteous.

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    4For God hath a pleasure in his people: he wyll beautifie the afflicted with saluation.

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    17And the pride of man shalbe brought downe, and the loftinesse of men shalbe made lowe, and the Lorde alone shalbe exalted in that day:

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    28And the poore people thou wilt saue: but thyne eyes are vpon the proude, to bring them downe.

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    27For thou hast saued the people oppressed: and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude.

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    8God rayseth them vp that are falling: God loueth the ryghteous.

    9God taketh strangers into his custodie, he releeueth the fatherlesse and the widdowe: as for the way of the vngodlye he turneth it vpsyde downe.

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    9When God ariseth to iudgement: and to helpe all the afflicted vpon the earth. Selah.

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    7Syng ye vnto God with a confession: syng psalmes vpon the Harpe vnto our Lorde.

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    19The meeke spirited also shall be merie in the Lorde, and the poore among them that be lowly shall reioyce in the holy one of Israel:

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    12But whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.

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    22O cast thy burthen vpon God, and he wyll vpholde thee: he wyll not suffer at any time the righteous to moue.

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    12Aryse vp O Lorde God: lift vp thine hande, forget not the afflicted.

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    6Submit your selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he may exalt you when the tyme is come.

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    12The strong holde also and defence of thy walles hath he ouerthrowne and cast downe, and brought them to the grounde, euen vnto dust.

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    23After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp.