Psalms 41:4

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 deadly wound to my soul; therefore heal my soul, for it has sinned against thee.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 t...
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 la...
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,...
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...
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 th...
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 e...
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 w...
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 n...
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 conspira...
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. Hi...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Promises to Those Who Consider the Poor. To the chief musician. A psalm of...
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 pro...
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...
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 ser...
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 te...
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 tempo...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

I said, Lord be merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee. An excellent prayer I. He confesses that he is a sinner. The law...
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,...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I said, Lord, be merciful unto me, this always being the greatest concern of David, just as it stands out in the work of the great Son of David. Hea...
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
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.

⁴ I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 41:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 41:4