Psalms 41:1
How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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—In what place hast thou gleaned, today? and where hast thou wrought? May he that took notice of thee, be blessed! So she told her mother-in-law, with whom she had wrought, and said—The name of the man with whom I wrought today, is Boaz.
Job 31:16If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
Psalms 37:19They shall not be ashamed in the time of calamity, and, in the days of famine, shall they be filled.
Psalms 37:39But, the deliverance of the righteous, is from Yahweh, their refuge in a time of distress.
Psalms 112:9He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy, His righteousness, standeth for aye, His horn, shall be exalted in honour.
Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king, [meaneth] messengers of death, but, a man who is wise, will appease 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 →