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Psalms 146:8
the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the worshiping community, concluding a liturgical declaration of God’s deliverance by cataloging His interventions for the oppressed and marginalized. The words — פֹּקֵחַ (po.Ke.ach) denotes the active process of opening, while כְּפוּפִים (ke.fu.Fim) identifies those physically or spiritually bent low. The thread — The motif of divine restoration appears in Psalms 145:14, which echoes the lifting of the bowed down, and Matthew 9:30, which records the literal opening of blind eyes. The love for the righteous parallels the upright seeing God’s face in Psalms 11:7. Why it lands — The text demands recognition of Yahweh as the direct cause of both physical sight and moral uprightness, requiring the reader to align their conduct with the righteous whom He actively sustains.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:
Cross-references
- Psalms 11:7 For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
- Psalms 145:14 The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
- Matthew 9:30 And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”
- Acts 26:18 to 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.’
- Isaiah 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
- Ephesians 1:18 I 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,
- Matthew 11:5 The 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.
- Luke 13:11 and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
- John 16:27 For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
- 2 Corinthians 7:6 But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,