EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Psalms 41:3
3The Lord takes care of him when he is ill in bed. Whenever he is ill, you will make him completely well again.
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
1If someone is kind to poor people, God blesses him. When he is in trouble, the Lord rescues him. 2The Lord keeps him safe. The Lord saves his life! God causes him to be happy here in the land where he lives. The Lord will not put him under the power of his enemies. The Lord takes care of him when he is ill in bed. Whenever he is ill, you will make him completely well again. 4I said, ‘Lord be kind to me and forgive me. I have done wrong things against you, but please make me well again.’ 5My enemies say cruel things about me. They say, ‘Surely he must die soon! Then everyone will forget about him.’
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 body and my mind may become weak, but God will always keep me safe and strong.
- 2 Kings 1:6They replied, ‘A man came to meet us. He told us to go back to the king who had sent us. He says to you, “This is what the Lord says: Why have you sent men to speak to Ekron's god, Baal-Zebub? You seem to think that there is no God in Israel. Because of that, you will not leave the bed that you are lying on. You will certainly die.” ’
- 2 Kings 20:5‘Go back! Say to Hezekiah, the leader of my people, “This is what the Lord says, the God that your ancestor David worshipped. I have heard your prayer and I have seen your tears. I will make you well again. On the third day from now you will go to the Lord's temple.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16That is why we are not afraid to continue our work. Yes, our bodies are getting older and weaker. But our spirits are becoming stronger every day!
- Philippians 2:26Now he wants very much to see all of you again. He became very sad, because you heard the message that he was ill.
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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