Waters. This was sung at the baptism of Catechumens, (St. Augustine) teaching them to thirst after heaven. (Haydock) --- The hart being infected with poison, thirsts exceedingly, as sinners must do for pardon. (Worthington)
Verse Psalms 41:2. _THE LORD WILL PRESERVE HIM, AND KEEP HIM ALIVE_] It is worthy of remark, that _benevolent persons_, who _consider_ the _poor_, and especially the _sick poor_; who _search cellars,...
THE LORD WILL PRESERVE HIM, AND KEEP HIM ALIVE - This is a farther statement of the same principle, and it refers to a general, not a universal rule in the divine administration, that acts of piety wi...
Psalms 41 Faith and Unbelief in View of the Cross _ 1. Faith in Him and the Results (Psalms 41:1)_ 2. Unbelief and its hatred (Psalms 41:4) 3. The vindication of the Christ of the cross ...
XLI. THE PRAYER OF A SICK MAN AGAINST CRUEL AND TREACHEROUS FOES. Psalms 41:1. Kindness to the poor is a favourite virtue in the OT, but seems to have no natural place at the beginning of this Ps. We...
KEEP HIM ALIVE. revive, so as to live again; hence, to give life to: here, in resurrection. Hebrew. _Piel_ conjugation, to give life, quicken. Compare Psalms 119:25; Psalms 119:37, &c. Deuteronomy 32:...
It is possible to render as in P.B.V. and R.V. marg., _The Lord perserve him … the Lord support him:_but it is more natural to regard these clauses as descriptive of the blessings which await the comp...
The blessings in store for the compassionate man....
PSALMS 41 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Regretting that Enemies and Friends should meanly Rejoice in his Sickness, the Psalmist nevertheless Perseveres in Prayer for Pardon and Recovery. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Ps...
_THE LORD WILL PRESERVE HIM, AND KEEP HIM ALIVE; AND HE SHALL BE BLESSED UPON THE EARTH: AND THOU WILT NOT DELIVER HIM UNTO THE WILL OF HIS ENEMIES._ Thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his en...
41:2 land; (d-16) Or 'on the earth.' enemies. (e-28) As Psalms 8:2 ; also vers. 5,11....
The Psalmist has been brought low by sickness, and pronounces a blessing on those who consider such sufferers as himself (Psalms 41:1). His own experience has been of an opposite kind. His enemies hav...
BLESSED UPON THE EARTH] rather, 'counted happy in the land.'...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
AND HE SHALL BE BLESSED. — Not as in margin Isaiah 9:16, and in Symmachus “called happy,” but with deeper meaning, as in Proverbs 3:18. Another derivation is possible, giving the meaning, “he shall be...
_[Psalms 41:3]_ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ יִשְׁמְרֵ֣הוּ וִֽ֭ יחַיֵּהוּ _וְ_†_אֻשַּׁ֣ר_
Psalms 41:1 THE central mass of this psalm describes the singer as suffering from two evils: sickness and treacherous friends. This situation naturally leads up to the prayer and confidence of the clo...
“LORD, HEAL MY SOUL” Psalms 41:1 This psalm was probably composed, with the adjacent ones, during the four years in which Absalom's conspiracy was being hatched. Perhaps the anxiety thus caused induc...
This whole song depends for interpretation on its opening beatitude. The man who is considerate toward the weak, who is compassionate, is blessed. His blessings are then described. Emphasize "him" and...
Still carrying on the recollection of the blessed Jesus as Christ here primarily and principally considered, do we not find in the whole life of the Mediator, while upon earth, Jehovah supporting him....
2._Jehovah will keep him, and preserve him in life. _Here David follows out the same sentiment expressed in the preceding verse, when he says that the Lord will keep the afflicted, whose destruction c...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 40 AND 41. In Psalms 40 then Christ is seen, not only in His passage through the sorrows which beset His way, if He took up the cause of the disobedient and guil...
THE LORD WILL PRESERVE HIM AND KEEP HIM ALIVE,.... Amidst a thousand deaths, to which he is exposed for making a profession of his faith in Christ; see 2 Corinthians 1:10; or this may refer to his spi...
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. Ver. 2. _The Lord will preserve him, and keep him...
_The Lord will keep him alive_ Hebrew, _Will quicken him_, that is, revive and restore him. God will either preserve him from trouble, or, if he see that trouble is necessary, or will be useful for hi...
The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth, be given true prosperity; AND THOU WILT NOT DELIVER HIM UNTO THE WILL OF HIS ENEMIES, giving him up to destructio...
A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING AND TRUST IN GOD. To the chief musician, a psalm of David, composed probably during the time of persecution by Absalom and, if not Messianic throughout, is at least in part ty...
THOU WILT NOT DELIVER HIM: Or, do not now deliver...
1-4 The people of God are not free from poverty, sickness, or outward affliction, but the Lord will consider their case, and send due supplies. From his Lord's example the believer learns to consider...
KEEP HIM ALIVE, Heb. _quicken him_, i.e. revive and restore him. Either he will preserve him from trouble; or if God see trouble necessary or fit for him, and therefore suffer him to fall into it, he...
Psalms 41:2 LORD H3068 preserve H8104 (H8799) alive H2421 (H8762) blessed H833 (H8795) earth H776 deliver...
BLESSING IS PRONOUNCED ON THE ONE WHO CONSIDERS THE SICK KING IN HIS ILLNESS, AND A PRAYER IS MADE FOR THE DELIVERANCE AND RECOVERY OF THE SICK KING (PSALMS 41:1). Psalms 41:1 ‘Blessed is he who con...
You will see, dear friends, from these holy songs, that the saints of God in those olden days were not screened from trials and troubles, but were tempted in all points like as we are. If we happen to...
CONTENTS: Prayer for relief from sickness and confession of sins. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When we suffer in our reputation, our first concern should be about our integrity and we may the...
A psalm of David, when sick with grief at Absalom's rebellion. Psalms 41:4. _Heal my soul._ It would appear that David was visited with some temporary sickness, prior to Absalom's rebellion, and that...
_Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble._ THE PSALMIST’S AFFLICTION The central mass of this psalm describes the singer as suffering from two evils: sic...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 41:1. This is a lament in which a person has fulfilled his responsibilities to the poor and yet is suffering severely. He prays for God’s help and vindication....
INTRODUCTION This psalm, like the preceding one, is from the pen of David, and is addressed “to the chief musician,” for use in public religious services. It seems to have been composed with reference...
EXPOSITION THE forty-first psalm completes the first book of the Psalter. All the psalms contained in it are assigned to David by the titles, except Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:1; Psalms 10:1;...
Let us turn at this time in our Bibles to Psalms 41:1-13. This is another one of the psalms that begins with a beatitude. The very first psalm begins with a beatitude, "Blessed is the man." Here again...
1 Timothy 4:8; Jeremiah 45:4; Jeremiah 45:5; Psalms 140:8; Psalms 140