Psalms 41: Verse-by-Verse Commentary (with Videos)

¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.

²The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.

³The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

⁴I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

⁵My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”

⁶My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

⁷All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:

⁸“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

⁹Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

¹¹By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

¹²In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.

¹³Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.