Psalms 147:3. He healeth the broken in heart,
He does it still, mark you, for the verb is in the present tense: "He healeth the broken in heart." These are two of God’s great occupations, to gather outcasts, and to heal broken hearts."
Psalms 147:3. And bindeth up their wounds.
Oh, what a blessed God he is, thus to interest himself in the sorrows of mankind, to give his infinite mind and heart to this wondrous work of healing the wounds of our lost humanity! You see, it is thus that the Lord buildeth up Jerusalem; the two verses are the complement of each other. "The Lord doth build up Jerusalem,"-with what? Outcasts, and broken hearts, and wounded spirits. Many of the stones that God puts into his great temple are such as men would exclude. Broken hearts and bruised spirits, that look as if they never could have any strength in them, God uses in building up his Church. What a wonderful leap it is from this third verse to the next!
Psalms 147:3. He healeth the broken in heart,
He does it still, mark you, for the verb is in the present tense: "He healeth the broken in heart." These are two of God’s great occupations, to gather outcasts, and to heal broken hearts."
Psalms 147:3. And bindeth up their wounds.
Oh, what a blessed God he is, thus to interest himself in the sorrows of mankind, to give his infinite mind and heart to this wondrous work of healing the wounds of our lost humanity! You see, it is thus that the Lord buildeth up Jerusalem; the two verses are the complement of each other. "The Lord doth build up Jerusalem,"-with what? Outcasts, and broken hearts, and wounded spirits. Many of the stones that God puts into his great temple are such as men would exclude. Broken hearts and bruised spirits, that look as if they never could have any strength in them, God uses in building up his Church. What a wonderful leap it is from this third verse to the next!