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 shall not die as other men; he shall have peculiar consolations, refreshment, and support, while passing through the valley of the shadow of death.
Thou wilt make all his bed - הפכת haphachta, thou hast turned up, tossed, and shaken it; and thou wilt do so to all his bed - thou wilt not leave one uneasy place in it - not one lump, or any unevenness, to prevent him from sleeping. Thou wilt do every thing, consistently with the accomplishment of the great decree, "Unto dust thou shalt return," to give him ease, refreshment, and rest. We may sum up the privileges of the merciful man:
1. He is generally blessed, Psalms 41:1.
2. He will be delivered in the time of trouble, Psalms 41:1.
3. He will be preserved by a particular providence, Psalms 41:2.
4. He shall be kept alive amidst infection and danger, Psalms 41:2.
5. He shall be blessed on the earth in his temporal concerns, Psalms 41:2.
6. His enemies shall not be able to spoil or destroy him, Psalms 41:2.
7. He shall be strengthened on a bed of languishing, to enable him to bear his afflictions, Psalms 41:3.
8. He shall have ease, comfort, and support in his last hours, Psalms 41:3.