Psalms 147:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth 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 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
• Ps 149:4 : 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
• Zeph 2:3 : 3 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.
• 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 lift you up.
• 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 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.
• 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 the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation 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 unlawful deeds;) 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
• 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 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'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
• Ps 25:9 : 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
• Ps 37:11 : 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight{H8694)} themselves in the abundance of peace.
• Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
• Ps 73:18-19 : 18 Surely thou didst set{H8799)} them in slippery places: thou castedst them down{H8689)} into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly{H8804)} consumed{H8804)} with terrors.
• Ps 145:14 : 14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.