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Psalms 147:6

The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

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מְעוֹדֵ֣דmeodedprotestעוּדverb, polel, participle, absolute — “protest”, a verb used as a describing wordH5749to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness.עֲנָוִ֣יםanavimhumbleעָנָוadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “humble”, the ordinary formH6035depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare H6041 (עָנִי).יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).מַשְׁפִּ֖ילmashpilabaseשָׁפֵלverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “abase”, a verb used as a describing wordH8213to depress or sink (expectation figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.עֲדֵיadeevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.אָֽרֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The LORD upholdeth the humble; He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah is causing the meek to stand, Making low the wicked unto the earth.

World English Bible

Yahweh upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

Darby Translation

Jehovah lifteth up the meek; he abaseth the wicked to the earth.

Douay-Rheims

He sendeth his crystal like morsels: who shall stand before the face of his cold?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The LORD upholdeth the humble; He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀναλαμβάνων πρᾳεῖς ὁ Κύριος, ταπεινῶν δὲ ἁμαρτωλοὺς ἕως τῆς γῆς.