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Themes 4 ▾
Wealth and Poverty 1 Worship 13 Glory of God 13 Blessing and Curse 13
Speakers 1 ▾
David human 1-13
Prophecies 3 ▾
Betrayed by a Close Friend 9 Betrayed by a Familiar Friend 9 The Betrayer Goes Out at Night 9
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Homilies on the Epistle to the Romans 1× 5 City of God 2× 5, 9-10 Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews 2× 6, 10 John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible 1× 1-13 Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament 1× 1, 4, 7, 10, 13 Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 1× 1, 5 Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary 1× 2-13 Dialogue with Trypho 1× 9
Manuscript witnesses 5 ▾
Codex Sinaiticus Aleph c. AD 330-360 Codex Vaticanus B c. AD 300-325 Codex Alexandrinus A c. AD 400-440 Aleppo Codex (Crown of Aleppo) c. AD 930 Leningrad Codex (Codex Leningradensis) AD 1008
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What is Psalms 41 about?

Closing the first book of the Psalter, this psalm of David blesses the one who considers the poor, whom the LORD will preserve in the day of trouble. David, lying ill, laments that his enemies speak evil of him and that even his familiar friend, who ate his bread, has lifted up his heel against him. He appeals to the LORD for mercy and to be raised up, confident that God upholds him in his integrity. The betrayal he suffered the Lord Jesus would apply to Judas, and the book ends with a doxology, 'Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting,' sealing this first collection of prayer and praise.

Historical backdrop

These are the songbook of a nation, sung across a thousand years of Israel's worship, from Moses in the wilderness to the exiles returned from Babylon. They were carried from the tabernacle to Solomon's temple to the second temple rebuilt under Persia, set to the lyre and the harp and the clash of cymbals in the courts of the LORD.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 41
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Psalms 41
The Church Fathers on Psalms 41

Psalms 41

Psalms Chapter 41
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1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
2Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.
3Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.
4I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?
6And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
8An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.
10But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.
11By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.
13Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
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What is Psalms 41 about?

Closing the first book of the Psalter, this psalm of David blesses the one who considers the poor, whom the LORD will preserve in the day of trouble. David, lying ill, laments that his enemies speak evil of him and that even his familiar friend, who ate his bread, has lifted up his heel against him. He appeals to the LORD for mercy and to be raised up, confident that God upholds him in his integrity. The betrayal he suffered the Lord Jesus would apply to Judas, and the book ends with a doxology, 'Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting,' sealing this first collection of prayer and praise.