# Psalms 147.5

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 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.
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> **5. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.**
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> 6. Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground. 7. Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving; Sing praises upon the harp unto our God, (Psalms 147:3-7, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 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.
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> **5. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.**
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> 6. Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground. 7. Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God, (Psalms 147:3-7, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 3. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. <sup>wounds: Heb. griefs</sup> 4. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
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> **5. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. <sup>his: Heb. of his understanding there is no number</sup>**
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> 6. The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. 7. Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: (Psalms 147:3-7, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 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.
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> **5. Great [is] our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.**
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> 6. Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth. 7. Answer ye to Jehovah with thanksgiving, Sing ye to our God with a harp. (Psalms 147:3-7, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous)
- **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion)
- **Location:** Israel, various periods
- **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC

## Theological reading

## Key words

- [H0113 - adon](/codex/h0113-adon/), *adon* (Strong's H113). Also appears in: [Genesis 18.1-15](/codex/genesis-18-1-15/), [Genesis 19](/codex/genesis-19/), [Joshua 5.13-15](/codex/joshua-5-13-15/).

## 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](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/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.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.

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## Quoted in

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- [Argument from the Apophatic Limit of Formal Systems](/codex/argument-from-the-apophatic-limit-of-formal-systems/)
- [Argument from the Reality of Mathematical Infinity](/codex/argument-from-the-reality-of-mathematical-infinity/)

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