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Psalm 41 Bible in Basic English

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  • Scholarly edition
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew (not verified)
  • NT: Critical text (not verified)
  • Protestant (66 books)
  • Simplified language
  • 1965
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BBE Bible in Basic English
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
1 Al Músico principal: Salmo de David. BIENAVENTURADO el que piensa en el pobre: en el día malo lo librará Jehová.
2 The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.
2 Jehová lo guarde, y le dé vida: sea bienaventurado en la tierra, y no lo entregues á la voluntad de sus enemigos.
3 The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.
3 Jehová lo sustentará sobre el lecho del dolor: mullirás toda su cama en su enfermedad.
4 I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.
4 Yo dije: Jehová, ten misericordia de mí; sana mi alma, porque contra ti he pecado.
5 My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?
5 Mis enemigos dicen mal de mí [preguntando]: ¿Cuándo morirá, y perecerá su nombre?
6 If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.
6 Y si venía á ver[me], hablaba mentira: su corazón se amontonaba iniquidad; y salido fuera, hablába[la].
7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.
7 Reunidos murmuraban contra mí todos los que me aborrecían: contra mí pensaban mal, [diciendo de mí]:
8 They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.
8 Cosa pestilencial de él se ha apoderado; y el que cayó en cama, no volverá á levantarse.
9 Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.
9 Aun el hombre de mi paz, en quien yo confiaba, el que de mi pan comía, alzó contra mí el calcañar.
10 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.
10 Mas tú, Jehová, ten misericordia de mí, y hazme levantar, y daréles el pago.
11 By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.
11 En esto habré conocido que te he agradado, que mi enemigo no se holgará de mí.
12 And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.
12 En cuanto á mí, en mi integridad me has sustentado, y me has hecho estar delante de ti para siempre.
13 May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.
13 Bendito sea Jehová, el Dios de Israel, por siglos de siglos. Amén y Amén.
Cross references (13)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 14:21; 2 Corinthians 9:8–14; Acts 20:35; Matthew 25:34–39
  2. 2 Jeremiah 45:4–5; Psalm 27:12; 1 Timothy 4:8; Psalm 37:32–33; Psalm 33:19
  3. 3 2 Kings 20:5–6; Philippians 2:26–27; Psalm 73:26; 2 Corinthians 4:16–17; 2 Kings 1:16
  4. 4 Psalm 103:3; James 5:15–16; Hosea 6:1; 2 Chronicles 30:18–20; Psalm 147:3
  5. 5 Psalm 102:8; Proverbs 10:7; Psalm 38:12; Job 20:7; Job 18:17
  6. 6 Psalm 12:2; Luke 11:53–54; Proverbs 26:24–26; Luke 20:20–23; Daniel 11:27
  7. 7 Proverbs 16:28; Matthew 26:3–4; Psalm 56:5–6; Matthew 22:15; Romans 1:29
  8. 8 Psalm 71:11; Luke 13:16; Matthew 27:41–46; Matthew 27:63–64; Psalm 3:2
  9. 9 John 13:18; Psalm 55:12–14; Matthew 26:23; Psalm 55:20–22; John 13:26–27
  10. 10 Luke 19:27
  11. 11 Colossians 2:15; Psalm 124:6; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 147:11; Jeremiah 20:13
  12. 12 Job 36:7; Psalm 73:23–24; Psalm 37:17; Psalm 34:15; John 17:24
  13. 13 Psalm 72:18–19; Ephesians 1:3; Revelation 5:9–14; Revelation 4:8; Psalm 89:52

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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).

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Quotes verse 41:4 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 41:9 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIII)

    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)

  3. Quotes verse 41:4 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV, Chapters VIII–XII)

    … 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)

  4. Quotes verse 41:4 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book V, Chapters IX–X)

    … 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)