--- title: "Psalms 41 - Study King James Bible with ellicotts commentary for english readers" description: "Read Psalms 41 with ellicotts commentary for english readers commentary. 1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/ellicotts-commentary-for-english-readers/psalms/41" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/41)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/41)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/41) Audio 1 Blessed *is* he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.** 2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; *and* he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.* 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.* 4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? 6 And if he come to see *me*, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; *when* he goeth abroad, he telleth *it*. 7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.* 8 An evil disease, *say they*, cleaveth fast unto him: and *now* that he lieth he shall rise up no more.* 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up *his* heel against me.** 10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. 11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. 13 Blessed *be* the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. [Psalms 40](/study/psalms/40) [Psalms 42](/study/psalms/42) ## Commentary To verse 1 (1) **Blessed is he.**—This general statement of the great law of sympathy and benevolence—fine and noble however we take it—may be explained in different ways, according as we take the Hebrew word *dal*as *poor,*with the LXX. and Vulg. (comp. [Exodus 30:15](/kjv/exodus/30/15)), or with the margin, as *sick, weak in body*(comp. [Genesis 41:19](/kjv/genesis/41/19)), or give it an ethical sense, *sick at heart.*(Comp. [2 Samuel 13:4](/kjv/2-samuel/13/4).) The context favours one of the two latter, and the choice between them depends on whether we take the author’s sickness to be *real*or *figurative.*[Psalms 41:3](/kjv/psalms/41/3) strongly favours the view that the sickness is physical. **Considereth.**—The Hebrew word implies wise as well as kindly consideration. 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