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Psalms 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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Parallel translations · Psalms 41:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 41:1.

  • Mark 14:7

    For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.

  • Revelation 3:10

    Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

  • Matthew 25:34

    Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

  • Luke 14:13

    But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

  • Psalms 37:26

    All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.

  • Psalms 82:3

    Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

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"As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God."