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Psalm 147:3 KJV
Psalms · chapter 147 · verse 3
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.Psalm 147:3 · King James Version
What Psalm 147:3 means
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. Binding up is slow work, bandage rather than miracle. And it sits in the same breath as God counting the stars and calling them all by name, so the one who numbers the stars is the one doing the bandaging.
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Psalm 147:3 in context
1Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
5Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
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Here, I. The duty of praise is recommended to us. It is not without reason that we are thus called to it again and again: Praise you the Lord (Psa 147:1), and again (Psa 147:7), Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving, sing praise upon the harp to our God (let all our praises be directed to him and centre in him), for it…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11