Passage

Psalms 147.4

Book: Psalms · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

2. Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 3. He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

4. He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. 6. Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground. (Psalms 147:2-6, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

2. Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. 3. He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

4. He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite. 6. Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground. (Psalms 147:2-6, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

2. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. ^{wounds: Heb. griefs}

4. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. ^{his: Heb. of his understanding there is no number} 6. The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. (Psalms 147:2-6, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

2. Building Jerusalem [is] Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth. 3. Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.

4. Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.

Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration. 6. Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth. (Psalms 147:2-6, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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