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Psalms 41:3
3The Lord will sustain and strengthen him on his sickbed; In his illness, You will restore him to health.
Psalms 41:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness you restore him to full health.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.
Context of Psalms 41:3
1Blessed [by God’s grace and compassion] is he who considers the helpless; The Lord will save him in the day of trouble. 2The Lord will protect him and keep him alive; And he will be called blessed in the land; You do not hand him over to the desire of his enemies. The Lord will sustain and strengthen him on his sickbed; In his illness, You will restore him to health. 4As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.” 5My enemies speak evil of me, saying, “When will he die and his name perish?”
Read all of Psalms 41Psalms 41:3 word by word
יְֽהוָ֗ה יִ֭סְעָדֶנּוּ עַל־עֶ֣רֶשׂ דְּוָ֑י כָּל־מִ֝שְׁכָּב֗וֹ הָפַ֥כְתָּ בְחָלְיֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 41:3
- Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- 2 Kings 1:6They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and tell him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed on which you lie, but you will certainly die.’ ” ’ ”
- 2 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father (ancestor): “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I am healing you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not become discouraged [spiritless, disappointed, or afraid]. Though our outer self is [progressively] wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day by day.
- Philippians 2:26For he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.
Commentaries on Psalms 41:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The Lord will strengthen him - Good, benevolent, and merciful as he is, he must also die: but he shall not die as other men; he shall have peculiar consolations, refreshment, and support, while passing through the valley of the shadow of death. Thou wilt make all his bed - הפכת haphachta, thou hast turned up, tossed, and shaken it; and thou wilt do so to all his bed - thou wilt not leave one uneasy place in it - not one lump, or any unevenness, to prevent…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing - The word rendered strengthen here means to support; to uphold; to sustain. The idea here is, that God would enable him to bear his sickness, or would impart strength - inward strength - when his body failed, or when but for this aid he must sink under his disease and die. The word rendered languishing means properly languor or sickness; and more generally something sickening; that is, something…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3on his bed of illness: This illness might be physical or spiritual (see Psalm 6:2; Psalm 38).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131-3. God rewards kindness to the poor (Pr 19:17). From Psa 41:2, 11 it may be inferred that the Psalmist describes his own conduct. poor--in person, position, and possessions.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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