Psalms 146:8

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“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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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 146:8 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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—
  2. Psalms 11:7For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
  3. Psalms 145:14The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
  4. Psalms 147:6The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
  5. Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
  6. 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.
  7. Isaiah 42:18Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!
  8. Matthew 9:30And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”
  9. 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.
  10. Luke 13:11and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
  11. Luke 18:41“What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”
  12. 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.
  13. John 14:21Whoever 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.”
  14. John 16:27For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
  15. 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.’
  16. 2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
  17. 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,
  18. 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.

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