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Psalms 41:12
12By this I know that You delight in me: that my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
Psalms 41:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And set me before Your face forever.
Context of Psalms 41:12
10Even my own close friend, whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. 11But You, Adonai, have mercy on me, and raise me up, so I may repay them. By this I know that You delight in me: that my enemy does not shout in triumph over me. 13You uphold me in my integrity and set me before Your face forever. 14Blessed be Adonai, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and amen!
Read all of Psalms 41Psalms 41:12 word by word
וַאֲנִ֗י בְּ֭תֻמִּי תָּמַ֣כְתָּ בִּ֑י וַתַּצִּיבֵ֖נִי לְפָנֶ֣יךָ לְעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 41:12
- Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness protect me—for I wait for You.
- Psalms 94:18If I say: “My foot has slipped,” Your mercy, Adonai, will hold me up.
- Psalms 16:11You make known to me the path of life. Abundance of joys are in Your presence, eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Psalms 17:15I in righteousness will behold Your face! When I awake, I will be satisfied with Your likeness.
- Psalms 34:15Depart from evil and do good. Seek shalom and pursue it.
- Psalms 73:23Yet I am continually with You. You hold my right hand.
- Job 36:7He does not take His eyes from the righteous, but enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
- John 17:24“Father, I also want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory—the glory You gave Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Commentaries on Psalms 41:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Thou upholdest me - I am still enabled to show that my heart was upright before God. Settest me before thy face for ever - Thou showest that thou dost approve of me: that I stand in thy presence, under the smiles of thy approbation. This also has been applied to our Lord, and considered as pointing out his mediatorial office at the right hand of God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And as for me - literally, “and I;” as if there were some verb understood. The reference is turned on himself; on all that was suggested by this train of remark as bearing on himself. The result of the whole was a firm assurance that God would sustain him, and that he would be established before God forever. The train of thought is this: “And I thou upholdest me.” Perhaps the course of expression, if it had not been suddenly changed, would have been…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 We complain, and justly, of the want of sincerity, and that there is scarcely any true friendship to be found among men; but the former days were no better. One particularly, in whom David had reposed great confidence, took part with his enemies. And let us not think it strange, if we receive evil from those we suppose to be friends. Have not we ourselves thus broken our words toward God? We eat of his bread daily, yet lift up the heel against…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12The psalmist knows that the Lord has forgiven him and will bless him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1311-13. favourest--or tenderly lovest me (Ge 34:19), evinced by relief from his enemies, and, farther, God recognizes his innocence by upholding him.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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