Psalms 41:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. ”

• Psalms 41:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And as for me - literally, “and I;” as if there were some verb understood. The reference is turned on himself; on all that was suggested by this train of remark as bearing on himself. The result...

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• Psalms 41:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And as for me, thou upholdest me (h) in mine integrity, and settest me before thy (i) face for ever. (h) Meaning, either in prosperity of life or in the true fear of God against all temptation. (i)...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Thy face. See note on Exodus 34:20 .

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• Psalms 41:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  12 And as for me, thou wilt uphold me in my integrity Some expound the clause thus: That, as David followed after uprightness, God had stretched out the hand to him. But this interpretation...

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• Psalms 41:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. Thou upholdest me - I am still enabled to show that my heart was upright before God. Settest me before th...

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• Psalms 41:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And as for me, thou upholdest, &c.— Accordingly, for my own part, because of my integrity, thou hast upheld me, and set me before thy face for ever. Mudge; who observes, that as the division...

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• Psalms 41:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. And as for me - in contrast to the doomed "enemy" ( Psalms 41:11 ). Thou upholdest me in mine i...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Thou upholdest. — Here we seem to have the acknowledgment that the prayer just uttered is answered.

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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.

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• Psalms 41:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity ,.... In the innocence of his nature, being free from sin, original and actual; in the uprightness of his life and conversation before God and men;...

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• Psalms 41:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. Ver. 12. And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity ] Which earth and hell had conspired to rob...

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• Psalms 41:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  By this I know that thou favourest me Bearest a good will to me, and art resolved to make good thy promises to me, and wilt plead my righteous cause; because mine enemy doth not triumph over me...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  In mine integrity; as I have kept my integrity, so thou hast kept me in and with it. Or, for mine integrity ; because thou hast seen my innocency, notwithstanding all the calumnies of mine enemies...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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:...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - 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...

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• Psalms 41:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Job 36:7 ; John 17:24 ; Psalms 16:11 ; Psalms 17:15 ; Psalms 25:21 ; Psalms 34:15 ; Psalms 73:23 ; Psalms 73:24 ; Psalms 94:18

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• Psalms 41:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Settest — Or, hast confirmed me in thy presence, under thine eye and special care: to minister unto thee, as a king over thy people. And in regard of his posterity, the kingdom was established for...

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