Psalms 41:1
Unto the end. The understanding of the sons of Korah.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
In Context
2As the deer longs for fountains of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.
Cross References
Ruth 2:19And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gathered today, and where have you found work? Blessed is he who took pity on you!” And she informed her with whom she had been working, and she said the man’s name, that he was called Boaz.
Job 31:16If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait;
Psalms 37:19For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.
Psalms 112:9He causes a barren woman to live in a house, as the joyful mother of sons.
Proverbs 16:14The indignation of a king is a herald of death. And the wise man will appease it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 41:1
God's kindness and truth have often been the support and comfort of the saints when they have had most experience of man's unkindness and treachery. David here found them so, upon a sick-bed; he found his enemies very barbarous, but his God very gracious. I. He here comforts himself in his communion with God under his sickness, by faith receiving and laying hold of God's promises to him ( ver. 1-3 ) and lifting up his heart in prayer to God, ver. 4 . II. He here represents the malice of his enemies against him,… Read the whole commentary →