Psalms 41:3

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

1Happy is one who is considerate of the poor; the Lord will save him in a day of adversity. 2The Lord will keep him and preserve him; he will be blessed in the land. You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies. The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed; you will heal him on the bed where he lies. 4I said, “Lord, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you.” 5My enemies speak maliciously about me: “When will he die and be forgotten?”

Psalms 41:3 word by word

יְֽהוָ֗ה יִ֭סְעָדֶנּוּ עַל־עֶ֣רֶשׂ דְּוָ֑י כָּל־מִ֝שְׁכָּב֗וֹ הָפַ֥כְתָּ בְחָלְיֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will strengthenסָעַדsâ‛ad · to supportH5582
• him upon the bedעֶ֫רֶשׂ‛ereώ · bedH6210
• of languishingדְּוַיdevay · illnessH1741
• thou wilt makeהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• all his bedמִשְׁכָּבmishkâb · bedH4904
• in his sicknessחֳלִיchŏlîy · sicknessH2483

Cross-references for Psalms 41:3

• Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, my portion forever.
• 2 Kings 1:6They replied, “A man came to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and declare to him, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you’re sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not get up from your sickbed; you will certainly die.”’”
• 2 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the Lord’s temple.
• 2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
• Philippians 2:26since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you 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

Topics related to Psalms 41:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Liberality
• Poor

In the dictionaries

• Bed
• Consider
• Whisper
• Bed; Bedchamber; Bedstead
• Good, Chief
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of

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