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

1How blessed is he who considers the helpless; The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble. 2The Lord will protect him and keep him alive, And he shall be called blessed upon the earth; And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies. The Lord will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You 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 against me, “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

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will sustainסָעַדsâ‛ad · to supportH5582
• him upon his sickbedדְּוַיdevay · illnessH1741
• him upon his sickbedעֶ֫רֶשׂ‛ereώ · bedH6210
• In his illnessחֳלִיchŏlîy · sicknessH2483
• restoreהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• him to healthכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• him to healthמִשְׁכָּבmishkâb · bedH4904

Cross-references for Psalms 41:3

• Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
• 2 Kings 1:6They said to him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and say to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.’”’”
• 2 Kings 20:5“Return and say to Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
• 2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
• Philippians 2:26because he was longing for you all 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

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