1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble. 2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 4 I said, LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 5 My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? 6 And if he cometh to see [me] , he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it] . 7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. 8 An evil disease, [say they] , cleaveth fast to him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise no more. 9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me. 10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. 11 By this I know that thou favorest me, because my enemy doth not triumph over me. 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in my integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. 13 Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and amen.
Psalms · Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Psalm 41 Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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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)