Psalm 147:3-4 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. I. A GREAT ILL — a broken heart. The heart broken not by distress or disappointment, but on account of sin, is the heart which God peculiarly delights to heal. All other sufferings may find a fearful centre in one breast, and yet the subject of them may be unpardoned and unsaved; but if the heart be broken by the Holy Ghost for sin, salvation will be ire ultimate issue, and heaven its result. A broken heart implies — 1. A very deep and poignant sorrow on account of sin. 2. Utter inability to get rid of it. II. A GREAT MERCY. "He healeth The broken in heart." 1. He alone does it. 2. He alone can do it. 3. He alone may do it. 4. He will do it. Did Saul of Tarsus rejoice after three days of blindness?Yes, and you shall be delivered also. Oh, it is a theme for eternal gratitude, that the same God who in His loftiness and omnipotence stooped down in olden times to soothe, cherish, relieve, and bless the mourner, is even now taking His journeys of mercy among the penitent sons of men. Oh, I beseech Him to come where thou art sitting, and put His hand inside thy soul, and, if He finds there a broken heart, to bind it up. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.WEB: He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. |
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