Psalms · American Standard Version (1901)
Psalm 41 American Standard Version (1901)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
1 Al Músico principal: Salmo de David. BIENAVENTURADO el que piensa en el pobre: en el día malo lo librará Jehová.
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
2 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.
2 Jehová lo guarde, y le dé vida: sea bienaventurado en la tierra, y no lo entregues á la voluntad de sus enemigos.
2 Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
3 Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.
3 Jehová lo sustentará sobre el lecho del dolor: mullirás toda su cama en su enfermedad.
3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
4 I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
4 Yo dije: Jehová, ten misericordia de mí; sana mi alma, porque contra ti he pecado.
4 I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
5 Mine enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?
5 Mis enemigos dicen mal de mí [preguntando]: ¿Cuándo morirá, y perecerá su nombre?
5 My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And if he come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
6 Y si venía á ver[me], hablaba mentira: su corazón se amontonaba iniquidad; y salido fuera, hablába[la].
6 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
7 All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
7 Reunidos murmuraban contra mí todos los que me aborrecían: contra mí pensaban mal, [diciendo de mí]:
7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
8 An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
8 Cosa pestilencial de él se ha apoderado; y el que cayó en cama, no volverá á levantarse.
8 “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.
9 Aun el hombre de mi paz, en quien yo confiaba, el que de mi pan comía, alzó contra mí el calcañar.
9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
10 But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.
10 Mas tú, Jehová, ten misericordia de mí, y hazme levantar, y daréles el pago.
10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
11 By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
11 En esto habré conocido que te he agradado, que mi enemigo no se holgará de mí.
11 By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.
12 En cuanto á mí, en mi integridad me has sustentado, y me has hecho estar delante de ti para siempre.
12 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
13 Bendito sea Jehová, el Dios de Israel, por siglos de siglos. Amén y Amén.
13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 14:21; 2 Corinthians 9:8–14; Acts 20:35; Matthew 25:34–39
- 2 Jeremiah 45:4–5; Psalm 27:12; 1 Timothy 4:8; Psalm 37:32–33; Psalm 33:19
- 3 2 Kings 20:5–6; Philippians 2:26–27; Psalm 73:26; 2 Corinthians 4:16–17; 2 Kings 1:16
- 4 Psalm 103:3; James 5:15–16; Hosea 6:1; 2 Chronicles 30:18–20; Psalm 147:3
- 5 Psalm 102:8; Proverbs 10:7; Psalm 38:12; Job 20:7; Job 18:17
- 6 Psalm 12:2; Luke 11:53–54; Proverbs 26:24–26; Luke 20:20–23; Daniel 11:27
- 7 Proverbs 16:28; Matthew 26:3–4; Psalm 56:5–6; Matthew 22:15; Romans 1:29
- 8 Psalm 71:11; Luke 13:16; Matthew 27:41–46; Matthew 27:63–64; Psalm 3:2
- 9 John 13:18; Psalm 55:12–14; Matthew 26:23; Psalm 55:20–22; John 13:26–27
- 10 Luke 19:27
- 11 Colossians 2:15; Psalm 124:6; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 147:11; Jeremiah 20:13
- 12 Job 36:7; Psalm 73:23–24; Psalm 37:17; Psalm 34:15; John 17:24
- 13 Psalm 72:18–19; Ephesians 1:3; Revelation 5:9–14; Revelation 4:8; Psalm 89:52
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For good it is to confess unto Thee, and to say, "Be merciful unto me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee;" and not to abuse Thy goodness for a license to sin, but to remember the words of the Lord, "Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." All of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
He who did eat of His bread, was lifting up his heel against Him; his hands were but lately receiving the blessed gifts, and presently for the wages of betrayal he was plotting His death.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… departed thither, whence He never departed, because "the world was made by Him." And in this world He was, and into this world He came to save sinners, unto whom my soul doth confess, that He may heal it, for it hath sinned against Him. O ye sons of men, how long so slow of heart?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… I know not what other nature sinned in us." And it gratified my pride to be free from blame and, after I had committed any fault, not to acknowledge that I had done any,--"that Thou mightest heal my soul because it had sinned against Thee;" but I loved to excuse it, and to accuse something else (I wot not what) …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)