Psalms 41 · Verse 3

Psalms 41:3

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Psalms 41:3, King James Version

Psalms 41:3 in other translations

BSBThe LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
WEBThe LORD will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
ASVJehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.
YLTJehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
DARBYJehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.
BBEThe Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.
WebsterThe LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

What does Psalms 41:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 41:1-3

Psa 41:1-13. The Psalmist celebrates the blessedness of those who compassionate the poor, conduct strongly contrasted with the spite of his enemies and neglect of his friends in his calamity. He prays for God's mercy in view of his ill desert, and, in confidence of relief, and that God will vindicate his cause, he closes with a doxology. 1-3. God rewards kindness to the poor (Pr 19:17). From Psa 41:2, 11 it may be…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 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, Psa 41:1. 2. He will be delivered in the time of trouble, Psa 41:1. 3. He will be preserved by a particular providence, Psa 41:2. 4. He shall be kept alive amidst infection and danger, Psa 41:2. 5. He shall be blessed on the earth in his temporal concerns, Psa 41:2. 6. His enemies shall not be able to spoil or destroy him, Psa 41:2. 7. He shall be strengthened on a bed of languishing, to enable him to bear his afflictions, Psa 41:3. 8. He shall have ease, comfort, and support in his last hours, Psa 41:3.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 41:1-4

The people of God are not free from poverty, sickness, or outward affliction, but the Lord will consider their case, and send due supplies. From his Lord's example the believer learns to consider his poor and afflicted brethren. This branch of godliness is usually recompensed with temporal blessings. But nothing is so distressing to the contrite believer, as a fear or sense of the Divine displeasure, or of sin in…

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Psalms 41:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
יִ֭סְעָדֶנּוּYis.'a.de.nuhe will sustain himH5582
עַל\־'al-onH5921
עֶ֣רֶשׂ'E.resa couch ofH6210
דְּוָ֑יde.VaiillnessH1741
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מִ֝שְׁכָּב֗וֹmish.ka.Vobed hisH4904
הָפַ֥כְתָּha.Fakh.tayou have changedH2015
בְחָלְיֽוֹ\׃ve.chal.Yoin sickness hisH2483

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 41:3

  • 2 Kings 20:5-6

    Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

  • Philippians 2:26-27

    For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

  • Psalms 73:26

    My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:16-17

    For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

  • 2 Kings 1:16

    And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

  • 2 Kings 1:6

    And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
strengthen.
73:26; 2Ki 1:6,16; 20:5,6; 2Co 4:16,17; Php 2:26,27
make. Heb. turn.

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Context

  • Psalms 41:2

    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.

  • Psalms 41:3

    The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

  • Psalms 41:4

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

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Psalms 41:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jehová lo sustentará sobre el lecho del dolor: mullirás toda su cama en su enfermedad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel le gardera, et le conservera en vie: il sera rendu heureux sur la terre, et tu ne le livreras point à l’animosité de ses ennemis.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova wird ihn stützen auf dem Siechbett, all sein Lager wandelst du um in seiner Krankheit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sitivit anima mea ad Deum fortem, vivum; quando veniam, et apparebo ante faciem Dei?