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Psalm 147:6
The LORD upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
4He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
6The LORD upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.
7Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,
8who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.
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The contrast between being upheld and brought to the ground raises the question of whose strength lasts under YHWH’s rule.
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James 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.Both connect humility before the Lord with his action to sustain or lift up those who are humble.
Matthew 5:5Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.Psalm 147 speaks of support for the humble; Jesus promises the earth to the gentle.
Psalm 25:9He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.The humble receive the LORD’s help in both psalms: upholding in Psalm 147, guidance and teaching in Psalm 25.
Psalm 75:7But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.Both name God as the one who determines who is lifted up and who is brought down.
1 Peter 3:4but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.The shared thread is God’s regard for lowliness: he upholds the humble and values a gentle, quiet spirit.
Psalm 146:8–9The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous.Both describe the LORD’s sustaining care through upward movement: he upholds the humble and raises those bowed down.
1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,Both connect humility with God’s power to lift up; Peter adds that this happens in due time.
Psalm 37:24Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for the LORD holds him up with his hand.The LORD’s upholding is the shared action: he sustains the humble and holds up the person who stumbles.
Zephaniah 2:3Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the …Both speak of the humble receiving help from the LORD while also naming his judgment.
1 Samuel 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars …Both describe the LORD supporting those in low places; Samuel’s passage names the poor and needy whom he raises.
Numbers 12:3Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.Humility links these texts: Moses is described as very humble, and Psalm 147 names the humble as those the LORD upholds.
Ezekiel 28:17Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground. I have laid you …Both describe being brought to the ground as divine judgment, with Ezekiel naming pride and corrupted wisdom.
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Injustice and anger. fear for the future. praise and worship.
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YHWH’s care for the humble and judgment of the wicked belong to the same rule. The verse gives no timetable; it names who has power over both.
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