Psalms 41:2
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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.
Cross References
Ruth 2:19And her mother-in-law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? Blessed be he that did regard thee! And she told her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz.
Psalms 33:19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:
Psalms 128:1{A Song of degrees.} Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways.
Proverbs 11:17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but the cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Proverbs 19:17He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.
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 →