Yea — These words were literally fulfilled in David, and yet the Holy Ghost looked farther in them, even to Christ and Judas, in whom they received a fuller accomplishment. Lift up — A phrase implying injury, joined with insolency and contempt; taken from an unruly horse, which kicks at him that owns and feeds him.
Verse Psalms 41:9. _MINE OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND_] This is either a direct prophecy of the treachery of Judas, or it is a fact in David's distresses which our Lord found so similar to the falsity of his...
YEA, MINE OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND - Margin, as in Hebrew: “the man of my peace.” The man with whom I was at peace; who had no cause of alienation from me; with whom I was associated in the most peaceful a...
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...
MINE OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND: i.e. the one whom. was in the habit of saluting as my friend. WHOM. TRUSTED. These words not quoted by Christ (John 13:18), for He knew what was in man (John 2:24; John 2:25...
_mine own familiar friend_ Lit. _the man of my peace_. Cp. Psalms 7:4; Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 38:22; Obadiah 1:7; and the similar complaints of
HATH LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME— _Hath shewn great treachery towards me._ Mudge. St. John, who wrote in Greek, quotes the words from the Greek version, as he found them, without altering the transl...
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...
_YEA, MINE OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND, IN WHOM I TRUSTED, WHICH DID EAT OF MY BREAD, HATH LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME._ Yea, mine, own familiar friend - literally, 'the man of my peace;' he who saluted me...
41:9 friend, (i-5) Lit. 'the man ( _ ish_ ) of my peace.' See Psalms 55:13 ....
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...
WHICH DID EAT.. MY BREAD] The ties of hospitality, which in the East are regarded as specially sacred, had been violated as well as those of friendship. LIFTED UP _his_ HEEL] a figure for unfeeling vi...
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...
HATH LIFTED UP HIS HEEL. — See margin. The meaning is, possibly, _kicked violently at me._ But Böttcher’s conjecture is valuable, “has magnified his fraud against me,” which is supported by the LXX. a...
_[Psalms 41:10]_ גַּם ־אִ֤ישׁ שְׁלֹומִ֨י ׀ אֲשֶׁר ־בָּטַ֣חְתִּי...
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...
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, (g) hath lifted up [his] heel against me. (g) As David felt this falsehood, and as it was chiefly accomplished in Christ,...
_Night. In affliction, as well as in prosperity, we must praise the Lord. Roman Septuagint, "in the night he will manifest it." --- Mercy. (Haydock) --- This is very beautiful, but not agreeable with...
These verses, and especially the 9th, serve to throw a light upon the whole Psalm. Reader, pray remark, with me, the several expressions here contained. Christ speaks in the 5th, 7th, and 8th verses,...
9._Even the man of my peace. _As the very height of all his miseries, David here declares that he had found the same treachery in some one, or, indeed, in many of his greatest friends. For the change...
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...
YEA, MINE OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND,.... Or, "the man of my peace" z; who did live peaceably with him, and ought always to have done so; whom he treated as his friend, as the rest of the apostles; calling h...
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me. Ver. 9. _Yea, mine own familiar friend_] Heb. the man of my peace. This was a great...
_An evil disease cleaveth fast unto him_ Hebrew, דבר בליעל, _debar Belijagnal, a word_, or _thing of Belial._ Literally, says Houbigant, _A thing of Belial is poured out upon him_, that is, his wicked...
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...
Yea, mine own familiar friend, literally, "the man of my peace," of his closest friendship and companionship, enjoying the sacred hospitality of his house, IN WHOM I TRUSTED, WHICH DID EAT OF MY BREAD...
MINE OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND: _ Heb._ the man of my peace LIFT UP: _ Heb._ magnify...
5-13 We complain, and justly, of the want of sincerity, and that there is scarcely any true friendship to be found among men; but the former days were no better. One particularly, in whom David had r...
MINE OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND; he means either Ahithophel, or some other perfidious counsellor or courtier, who was a type of Judas, to whom therefore it is applied, 1 THESSALONIANS 13:18, as David was a t...
Psalms 41:9 familiar H7965 friend H376 trusted H982 (H8804) ate H398 (H8802) bread H3899 up H1431 ...
THE PSALMIST ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS PROBLEMS PARTLY ARISE BECAUSE OF HIS OWN SINFULNESS, AND THEN EXPLAINS TO YHWH ABOUT THE BEHAVIOUR OF HIS ENEMIES (PSALMS 41:4). Psalms 41:4 ‘I said, O YHWH, have...
YEA, MINE OWN FAMILIAR FRIEND Psalm 41 is the Psalm of the betrayal of the Son of man, as Jesus Himself taught. (John 13:18); (John 13:19). See Psalm 45, next in order of the Messianic Psalms. TRUST...
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...
_Yea, mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me._ THE EVIL OF CHRIST’S FRIENDS LIFTING UP THEIR HEEL AGAINST HIM The psalmist doth in t...
_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....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 41:9 One expects enemies to be treacherous, but here the pain of betrayal comes from his CLOSE FRIEND, who had received only kindness and who has now LIFTED HIS HEEL AGAINST the s...
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...
2 Samuel 15:12; Deuteronomy 32:15; Jeremiah 20:10; Job 19:19; Jo