Psalms 41:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. ”

Psalms 41:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I said, Lord - I said in my sickness, or in the trial referred to in the psalm. I called on God to be merciful to me when others had no mercy; to be near to me when others turned away; to save me...
Psalms 41:4 - 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 41:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

be merciful . be gracious, or show favour. my soul . me. I have sinned. Christ could say this of those whose sins He was bearing, which were laid upon Him. sinned. Hebrew. chata. App-44.
Psalms 41:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. I have said, O Jehovah! have mercy upon me. By this verse he shows that in his adversity he did not seek to soothe his mind by flattery, as the greater part of men do, who endeavor to ass...
Psalms 41:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. I said, Lord, be merciful unto me - I need thy mercy especially, because I have sinned against thee, and my sin is a d...
Psalms 41:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Heal my soul— As rational conjectures, says Dr. Delaney, are oftentimes useful inlets to knowledge, the candid reader will, I hope, be indulgent to mine, in relation to David's distemper, (see the...
Psalms 41:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. I said, Lord, be merciful unto me. The "I" is emphatic in the Hebrew - i:e., What I "said" in general of the m...
Psalms 41:4 - 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 41:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I said. — After the general statement, the poet applies it to his own case, which showed such sadly different conduct on the part of friends from whom more than sympathy might have been expected. T...
Psalms 41:4 - 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 41:4 - 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 41:4 - 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 41:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we find a single person speaking; and from what follows in Psalms 41:9 , there can be no hesitation to say it is Christ. Will the Reader pause, and refuse this conclusion, because here is an ac...
Psalms 41:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I said, Lord, be merciful unto me ,.... Psalms 40:11 ; heal my soul ; not that it was diseased with sin in such sense as the souls of other men are; but it is to be understood as a petition for...
Psalms 41:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. Ver. 4. I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal] Heal me in mercy, and begin at the inside first. Heal my soul of si...
Psalms 41:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I said, Lord, be merciful unto me He appeals to mercy, as one that knew he could not stand the test of strict justice. The best saints, even those that have been merciful to the poor, have not made...
Psalms 41:4 - 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 41:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My soul, i.e. either, 1. Myself, to wit, my body. So it is a double synecdoche. And the soul is so taken Psalms 16:10 . Or, 2. My soul properly so called; which is said to be healed , whe...
Psalms 41:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Psalmist Acknowledges That His Problems Partly Arise Because Of His Own Sinfulness, And Then Explains To YHWH About The Behaviour Of His Enemies ( Psalms 41:4-9 ). Psalms 41:4 ‘I said, O YH...
Psalms 41:4 - 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 41:4 - 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 41:4 - 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 41:4 - 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 41:4 - 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 41:4 - 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 41:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 30:18-20 ; Hosea 6:1 ; James 5:15 ; James 5:16 ; Psalms 103:3 ; Psalms 147:3 ; Psalms 32:5 ; Psalms 51:1-3 ; Psalms 6:2-4
Psalms 41:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Heal — The soul is said to be healed, when it is pardoned and purged. For — For I acknowledge that I have sinned.

Psalms 41:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 41:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 41:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 41:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 41:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 41:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 41:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 41:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 41:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 41:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 41:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 41:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 41:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 41:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 41:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 41:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes