Psalms 41:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. ”

Psalms 41:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive - This is a farther statement of the same principle, and it refers to a general, not a universal rule in the divine administration, that acts of pie...
Psalms 41:2 - 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 41:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

keep him alive . revive, so as to live again; hence, to give life to: here, in resurrection. Hebrew. Piel conjugation, to give life, quicken. Compare Psalms 119:25 ; Psalms 119:37 , &c. Deu...
Psalms 41:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. Jehovah will keep him, and preserve him in life. Here David follows out the same sentiment expressed in the preceding verse, when he says that the Lord will keep the afflicted, whose dest...
Psalms 41:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive -...
Psalms 41:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. Thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of...
Psalms 41:2 - 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 41:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he shall be blessed. — Not as in margin Isaiah 9:16 , and in Symmachus “called happy,” but with deeper meaning, as in Proverbs 3:18 . Another derivation is possible, giving the meaning, “he s...
Psalms 41:2 - 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 41:2 - 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 41:2 - 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 41:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Still carrying on the recollection of the blessed Jesus as Christ here primarily and principally considered, do we not find in the whole life of the Mediator, while upon earth, Jehovah supporting him...
Psalms 41:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive ,.... Amidst a thousand deaths, to which he is exposed for making a profession of his faith in Christ; see 2 Corinthians 1:10 ; or this may refer to hi...
Psalms 41:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. Ver. 2. The Lord will preserve him, and keep h...
Psalms 41:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord will keep him alive Hebrew, Will quicken him , that is, revive and restore him. God will either preserve him from trouble, or, if he see that trouble is necessary, or will be useful for h...
Psalms 41:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Promises to Those Who Consider the Poor. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. 1 Blessed is he that considereth...
Psalms 41:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Keep him alive, Heb. quicken him , i.e. revive and restore him. Either he will preserve him from trouble; or if God see trouble necessary or fit for him, and therefore suffer him to fall into it,...
Psalms 41:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Blessing Is Pronounced On The One Who Considers The Sick King In His Illness, And A Prayer Is Made For The Deliverance And Recovery Of The Sick King ( Psalms 41:1-3 ). Psalms 41:1-3 ‘Blessed is...
Psalms 41:2 - 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 41:2 - 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 41:2 - 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 41:2 - 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 41:2 - 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 41:2 - 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 41:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 4:8 ; Jeremiah 45:4 ; Jeremiah 45:5 ; Psalms 140:8 ; Psalms 140:9 ; Psalms 27:12 ; Psalms 33:19 ; Psalms 37:32 ; Psalms 37:33 ; Psalms 91:3-7 ; Psalms 128:1-6

Psalms 41:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 41:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 41:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 41:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 41:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 41:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 41:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 41:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 41:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 41:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 41:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 41:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 41:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 41:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 41:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 41:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 41:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 41:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 41:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 41:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 41:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge