Psalms 41:4
(41:5) I said, Lord, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
In Context
5(41:6) My enemies speak evil of me, When will he die, and his name perish?
Cross References
2 Chronicles 30:18For a large portion of the people, even many out of Ephraim, and Menasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, but ate the passover not as it is written. However Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The Lord who is good will grant pardon for this.
Psalms 32:5My sin do I ever acknowledge unto thee, and my iniquity have I not covered up. I said, I will make confession because of my transgressions unto the Lord: and thou truly forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Psalms 103:3Who forgiveth all thy iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
Hosea 6:1“Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind up our wounds.
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 →