Psalms 41:3
1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 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.
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
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
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:26–27
For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
Read in contextPsalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:16–17
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Read in context2 Kings 1:16
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
Read in context2 Kings 1:6
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
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