Psalms 41:2
1 Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.
3 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
4 I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.
- KJV
- The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
- WEB
- The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
- ASV
- Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.
- DARBY
- Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
- BLB
- YHWH will guard him and keep him alive; he will be blessed in the land, and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
- ÅB
- Herren skal vokte ham og holde ham i live;
han skal bli lykkelig i landet.
Du skal ikke overgi ham til fiendenes begjær. - OTB
- Herren vil vokte ham og bevare hans liv,
Og han skal regnes som velsignet på jorden;
Og ikke overgi ham til hans fienders vilje. - B1930
- Herren skal verge ham og holde ham i live; han skal bli lykksalig i landet, og du skal visselig ikke overgi ham til hans fienders mordlyst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 45:4–5
Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.
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Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
Read in context1 Timothy 4:8
For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
Read in contextPsalms 37:32–33
Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
Read in contextPsalms 33:19
to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
Read in contextPsalms 128:1–6
Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
Read in contextPsalms 37:22
Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
Read in contextPsalms 140:8–9
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
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