Psalms 41:3
The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth : and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow : thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.
Cross References
2 Kings 1:6But they answered him: A man met us, and said to us: Go, and return to the king, that sent you, and you shall say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel that thou sendest to Beelzebub the god of Accaron? Therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed, on which thou art gone up, but then shalt surely die.
2 Kings 20:5Go back, and tell Ezechias the captain of my people: Thus saith the Lord the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, and I have seen thy tears: and behold I have healed thee; on the third day thou shalt go up to the temple of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
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 →