za.qaph describes raising up people portrayed as bowed down.

The attested use describes raising up people who are bowed down: both occurrences place the active participle in clauses about the LORD's action toward them.

1. Raising up those bowed down · dominant

   In Psalm 145:14, the active participle occurs in the clause concerning all who are bowed down; the APB renders the verse, “The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.” Psalm 146:8 likewise places the participle with those who are bowed down, and the APB renders, “The LORD raises up those who are bowed down.”

   Psalm 145:14Psalm 146:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both occurrences, the APB presents the clause as “raises up” those who are bowed down. The verse is read as a whole, but its rendering is consistent in these verses.