Psalms 41:1
לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
In Context
2אַשְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּיל אֶל ־ דָּל בְּיוֹם רָעָה יְֽמַלְּטֵהוּ יְהוָֽה ׃
Cross References
Ruth 2:19וַתֹּאמֶר לָהּ חֲמוֹתָהּ אֵיפֹה לִקַּטְתְּ הַיּוֹם וְאָנָה עָשִׂית יְהִי מַכִּירֵךְ בָּרוּךְ וַתַּגֵּד לַחֲמוֹתָהּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר ־ עָשְׂתָה עִמּוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר שֵׁם הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי עִמּוֹ הַיּוֹם בֹּֽעַז ׃
Job 31:16אִם ־ אֶמְנַע מֵחֵפֶץ דַּלִּים וְעֵינֵי אַלְמָנָה אֲכַלֶּֽה ׃
Psalms 37:19לֹֽא ־ יֵבֹשׁוּ בְּעֵת רָעָה וּבִימֵי רְעָבוֹן יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ ׃
Psalms 37:39וּתְשׁוּעַת צַדִּיקִים מֵיְהוָה מָֽעוּזָּם בְּעֵת צָרָֽה ׃
Psalms 112:9פִּזַּר ׀ נָתַן לָאֶבְיוֹנִים צִדְקָתוֹ עֹמֶדֶת לָעַד קַרְנוֹ תָּרוּם בְּכָבֽוֹד ׃
Proverbs 16:14חֲמַת ־ מֶלֶךְ מַלְאֲכֵי ־ מָוֶת וְאִישׁ חָכָם יְכַפְּרֶֽנָּה ׃
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 →