New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 41

The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

1Blessed is one who 1considers the 2helpless; The Lord will save him 3on a day of 4trouble.2The Lord will 5protect him and keep him alive, And he will be called 6 7blessed upon the earth; And 8do not turn him over to the desire of his enemies.3The Lord will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You 9restore him to health.

4As for me, I said, “Lord, be gracious to me; 10Heal my soul, for 11I have sinned against You.”5My enemies 12speak evil against me, “When will he die, and his name perish?”6And 13when he comes to see me, he 14speaks 15empty words; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it.7All who hate me whisper together against me; They 16plot my harm against me, saying,8“A wicked thing is poured out 17upon him, So that when he lies down, he will 18not get up again.”9Even my 19 20close friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.

10But You, Lord, be gracious to me and 21raise me up, That I may repay them.11By this I know that 22You are pleased with me, Because 23my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.12As for me, 24You uphold me in my integrity, And You place me 25in Your presence forever.

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13 26Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Notes

1. Psalms 41:1 Ps 82:3, 4; Prov 14:21 ↩
2. Psalms 41:1 Or poor ↩
3. Psalms 41:1 Ps 27:5; 37:19 ↩
4. Psalms 41:1 Or evil ↩
5. Psalms 41:2 Ps 37:28 ↩
6. Psalms 41:2 Or happy ↩
7. Psalms 41:2 Ps 37:22 ↩
8. Psalms 41:2 Ps 27:12 ↩
9. Psalms 41:3 Lit turn all his bed ↩
10. Psalms 41:4 Ps 6:2; 103:3; 147:3 ↩
11. Psalms 41:4 Ps 51:4 ↩
12. Psalms 41:5 Ps 38:12 ↩
13. Psalms 41:6 Or if he ↩
14. Psalms 41:6 Ps 12:2; 62:4; Prov 26:24-26 ↩
15. Psalms 41:6 Lit worthlessness ↩
16. Psalms 41:7 Ps 56:5 ↩
17. Psalms 41:8 Or within ↩
18. Psalms 41:8 Ps 71:10, 11 ↩
19. Psalms 41:9 Lit man of peace ↩
20. Psalms 41:9 2 Sam 15:12; Job 19:13, 19; Ps 55:12, 13, 20; Jer 20:10; Mic 7:5; Matt 26:23; Luke 22:21; John 13:18 ↩
21. Psalms 41:10 Ps 3:3 ↩
22. Psalms 41:11 Ps 37:23; 147:11 ↩
23. Psalms 41:11 Ps 25:2 ↩
24. Psalms 41:12 Ps 18:32; 37:17; 63:8 ↩
25. Psalms 41:12 Job 36:7; Ps 21:6 ↩
26. Psalms 41:13 Ps 72:18, 19; 89:52; 106:48; 150:6 ↩

The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

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Notes

Commentaries on Psalms 41