Psalms 41:1
Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
In Context
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 hath had pity on thee. And she told her with whom she had wrought: and she told the man's name, that he was called Booz.
Job 31:16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
Psalms 37:19They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled :
Psalms 37:39But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble.
Psalms 112:9He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death : and the wise man will pacify 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 →