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

1Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. 2Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies. Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness. 4As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 5Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?

Psalms 41:3 word by word

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

Cross-references for Psalms 41:3

• Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
• 2 Kings 1:6And they said unto him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you and say to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.
• 2 Kings 20:5Return, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up to the house of Jehovah;
• 2 Corinthians 4:16Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.
• Philippians 2:26since he had a longing desire after you all, and was distressed because ye 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

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