Psalms 41:3
1 Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
2 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.
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.”
5 My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
- KJV
- The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
- WEB
- The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
- ASV
- Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.
- DARBY
- Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.
- BLB
- YHWH will support him on [his] couch of illness; You turn over all his bed in his sickness.
- ÅB
- Herren skal støtte ham på sykesengen;
hele leiet hans forvandler du når han er syk. - OTB
- Herren vil støtte ham på hans sykeseng;
I hans sykdom vil Du gjenopprette ham til helse. - B1930
- Herren skal understøtte ham på sykesengen; hele hans leie forvandler du i hans sykdom.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 20:5–6
“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:26–27
For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
Read in contextPsalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:16–17
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
Read in context2 Kings 1:16
And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
Read in context2 Kings 1:6
They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
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