James 5:13

If anyone is suffering among you, let him daven. If anyone has simcha, let him sing niggunim. + 5:13 Ps 50:15

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

In Context

12But, above all, my Achim b'Moshiach, do not swear shevuot (oaths) neither by Shomayim nor by ha'aretz nor any other shevu'ah, but let your “ken” be “ken,” and your “lo” be “lo,” for fear that you fall under HaDin (the Judgment).

14Are there any cholim (sick ones) among you? Let the choleh (sick person) summon + 5:14 for Bikkur Cholim (Visiting the Sick) the Ziknei HaKehillah (Elders of the Congregation) and let them daven tefillos over him, having applied the shemen mishchah (anointing oil), b'Shem Adoneinu. + 5:14 Ps 23:5; Isa 1:6

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:9Sing unto Him, sing psalms unto Him, 1 tell ye of all His nifle'ot (wondrous deeds). 1

Job 33:26He shall pray unto Eloah, and be accepted by Him, 1 and he shall see His face with teruah (shouts of joy); 1 thus He recompenseth unto enosh his tzedek. 1

Psalms 50:15And call upon Me in the Yom Tzarah; 1 I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me. 1

Psalms 95:2Let us come before His presence with todah, 1 and extol Him with zemirot (joyful songs). 1

Psalms 116:3Chevlei mavet (pangs of death) encompassed me, 1 and the metzarei She'ol (confines, straitnesses of She'ol) have caught up with me and found me; 1 tzoros and yagon (sorrow) I found. 1

Psalms 142:1(Maskil of Dovid; A tefillah when he was in the me'arah) 1

Matthew Henry on James 5:13-20

Caution against Swearing; Profaneness Condemned; Confession and Prayer; Efficacy of Prayer. ( a. d. 61.) 12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the… Read the whole commentary →

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