Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
Parallel translations
- KJV The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
- BSB The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
- NKJV The Lord upholds all who fall, And raises up all who are bowed down.
- NASB ¶The Lord supports all who fall, And raises up all who are bowed down.
- NLT The Lord helps the fallen and lifts those bent beneath their loads.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 146:8Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
- Ps 37:24Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.
- Ps 94:18When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up.
- Luke 22:31–32The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,
- Ps 119:117Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
- Luke 13:11–13Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
- Ps 42:5Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.
- Ps 38:6I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
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