1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble. 2 The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes. 3 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness. 4 I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.” 5 My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?” 6 My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad. 7 All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me: 8 “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!” 9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. 10 But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them. 11 By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. 12 In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever. 13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
Psalms · Majority Standard Bible
Psalm 41 Majority Standard Bible
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
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)