Psalms 41:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt makeb all his bed in his sickness. ”

Psalms 41:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing - The word rendered strengthen here means to support; to uphold; to sustain. The idea here is, that God would enable him to bear his sickn...
Psalms 41:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The LORD will strengthen him upon the (b) bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his (c) bed in his sickness. (b) When for sorrow and grief of mind he calls himself on his bed. (c) You have restore...
Psalms 41:3 - 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 41:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the bed . the couch.
Psalms 41:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. The Lord will strengthen him - Good, benevolent, and merciful as he is, he must also die: but he...
Psalms 41:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness— Thou turnest all his bed in his sickness. This expresses the ease and refreshment which God had just before given him in his sickness; as great as a pe...
Psalms 41:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing - The Lord will sustain him by s...
Psalms 41:3 - 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 41:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Will strengthen. — Literally, w ill prop him up, support him. Wilt make. — Literally, hast turned. Some think with literal allusion to the fact that the Oriental bed was merely a mat, which c...
Psalms 41:3 - 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 41:3 - 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 41:3 - 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 41:3 - 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 41:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing ,.... When on a sick bed, or a death bed, where he lies languishing, and ready to expire; when his natural strength, spirits, and heart fail...
Psalms 41:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. Ver. 3. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing ] Whether through sickness of...
Psalms 41:3 - 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 41:3 - 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 41:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either, 1. Change or overturn his bed of sickness; which is done when a man is restored to health. Or rather, 2. Give him ease and comfort, which sick men receive by the help of those who turn an...
Psalms 41:3 - 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 41:3 - 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 41:3 - 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 41:3 - 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 41:3 - 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 41:3 - 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 41:3 - 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 41:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 4:16 ; 2 Corinthians 4:17 ; 2 Kings 1:16 ; 2 Kings 1:6 ; 2 Kings 20:5 ; 2 Kings 20:6 ; Philippians 2:26 ; Philippians 2:27 ; Psalms 73:26
Psalms 41:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Make his bed — Give him ease and comfort, which sick men receive by the help of those who turn and stir up their bed, to make it soft and easy for them.

Psalms 41:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 41:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 41:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 41:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 41:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 41:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 41:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 41:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 41:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 41:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 41:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 41:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 41:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 41:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 41:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 41:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes