Psalms 41:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. ”

Psalms 41:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me - That is, give me strength; restore me from my sickness and weakness. And raise me up - From my bed of languishing. That I may requite them - That I...
Psalms 41:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 P...
Psalms 41:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

requite. Suited for that Dispensation. See App-63.
Psalms 41:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10 Do thou, O Jehovah I have mercy upon me. From a consideration of the wrongful cruelty of his enemies, he again takes encouragement to pray. And there is included in what he says a tacit c...
Psalms 41:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. Raise me up - Restore me from this sickness, that I may requite them. This has also been applied to our Lord; who, kno...
Psalms 41:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. The prayer based on the foregoing representation begins the fourth strophe. But thou, O Lord, be merciful un...
Psalms 41:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Psalmist has been brought low by sickness, and pronounces a blessing on those who consider such sufferers as himself ( Psalms 41:1-3 ). His own experience has been of an opposite kind. His enemie...
Psalms 41:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 41:1-13 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...
Psalms 41:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Lord, Heal My Soul” Psalms 41:1-13 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 cau...
Psalms 41:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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" an...
Psalms 41:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a lovely example hath the Son of God shown where his people are to go, and from whom to seek a refuge, in all times of need.
Psalms 41:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HUMAN FOES AND DIVINE FRIEND ‘Mine enemies.… But Thou, O Lord!’ Psalms 41:5 ; Psalms 41:10 I. It was a season of bodily suffering. —The Psalmist was prone on a couch of languishing; his dis...
Psalms 41:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up ,.... Not from a bed of illness, nor from a state of poverty and want; but from the dead: it was by the will of his divine Father that he suffe...
Psalms 41:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. Ver. 10. But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me ] As storms beat a ship into the harbour, so did men's misusages dri...
Psalms 41:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me They censure me grievously, and conclude my case to be desperate; but, Lord, do thou vindicate me, and confute them. Raise me up, that I may requite them Heb...
Psalms 41:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Complains of His Enemies; David's Comfort in God. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his nam...
Psalms 41:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Be merciful unto me: they censure me grievously, and conclude my case to be desperate; but, Lord, do thou vindicate me, and confute them. That I may requite them; or, and I will requite them , i...
Psalms 41:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Prays For Healing And Expresses His Certainty That God Will Help Him Against His Enemies, Confident Also That God Upholds His Integrity And Has Indeed Set Him Before His Face For Ever ( Psalms 41...
Psalms 41:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 referen...
Psalms 41:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 t...
Psalms 41:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 t...
Psalms 41:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

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:...
Psalms 41:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 1:1-19 ; Psalms 2:1-19 ; Psalms 1...
Psalms 41:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 41:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 19:27 ; Psalms 109:21 ; Psalms 109:6-20 ; Psalms 18:37-42 ; Psalms 21:8-10 ; Psalms 57:1 ; Psalms 69:22-28
Psalms 41:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Requite — Punish them for their wicked practices; which being now a magistrate, he was obliged to do.

Psalms 41:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 41:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 41:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 41:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 41:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 41:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 41:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 41:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 41:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 41:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 41:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 41:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 41:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 41:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 41:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 41:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 41:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 41:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 41:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 41:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 41:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 41:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes