Psalms 145:14
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
The LORD upholds all that fall, and raises up all those that be bowed down.
American King James Version (AKJV)
The LORD upholds all that fall, and raises up all those that be bowed down.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Jehovah upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth up all those that are bowed down.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down.
Webster's Revision
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that are bowed down.
World English Bible
Yahweh upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.
English Revised Version (ERV)
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
Clarke's Psalms 145:14 Bible Commentary
The Lord upholdeth all that fall - נפלים nophelim, the falling, or those who are not able to keep their feet; the weak. He shores them up; he is their prop. No man falls through his own weakness merely; if he rely on God, the strongest foe cannot shake him.
Barnes's Psalms 145:14 Bible Commentary
The Lord upholdeth all that fall - The word used here is a participle, literally, "The Lord sustaining;" that is, the Lord is a Sustainer or Upholder of all that fall. The allusion is to those who have no power to go of themselves; who would sink under the burdens of life if they were not supported. The idea is, that it is a characteristic of the Lord, that he does sustain such; that all such may confidently look to him to uphold them.
And raiseth up all those that be bowed down - The word here also is a participle: "he is lifting up;" that is, he is a lifter up. The reference is to those who are bent and bowed under the duties, the cares, the trials of life; who go bowed down under those burdens. God is able to strengthen them so that they can bear those burdens without being crushed under them.
Wesley's Psalms 145:14 Bible Commentary
145:14 All - All that look up to him for help.