Psalms 41:4

My tears have been my bread, day and night. Meanwhile, it is said to me daily: “Where is your God?”

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In The King James Version

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

In Context

3My soul has thirsted for the strong living God. When will I draw close and appear before the face of God?

5These things I have remembered; and my soul within me, I have poured out. For I will cross into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, all the way to the house of God, with a voice of exultation and confession, the sound of feasting.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:18And now a great portion of the people from Ephraim, and Manasseh, and Issachar, and Zebulun, who had not been sanctified, ate the Passover, which is not in accord with what was written. And Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “The good Lord will be forgiving

Psalms 32:5He loves mercy and judgment. The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

Psalms 103:3You cover its heights with water. You set the clouds as your stairs. You walk upon the wings of the winds.

Hosea 6:1In their tribulation, they will arise early to me. Come, let us return to the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 41:2-5

Promises to Those Who Consider the Poor. 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. 3 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. In these verses we have, I. God's promises of… Read the whole commentary →

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