Shīpiān 41

1 ( Dàwèi de shī , jiāo yǔ líng zhǎng ) juàngù pínqióng de yǒu fú le . tā zāo nán de rìzi , Yēhéhuá bì dājiù tā .

2 Yēhéhuá bì bǎoquán tā , shǐ tā cún huó . tā bì zaì dì shang xiǎng fú . qiú nǐ búyào bǎ tā jiāo gĕi chóudí , zhú qí suǒ yuàn .

3 Tā bìng chong zaì tà , Yēhéhuá bì fú chí tā . tā zaì bìng zhōng , nǐ bì gĕi tā pū chuáng .

4 Wǒ céng shuō , Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ liánxù wǒ , yīzhì wǒ . yīnwei wǒ dé zuì le nǐ .

5 Wǒde chóudí yòng è yán yìlùn wǒ , shuō , tā jǐshí sǐ , tāde míng cái mièwáng ne .

6 Tā lái kàn wǒ , jiù shuō jiǎ huà . tā xīn cún jiān è , zǒu dào waìbiān cái shuō chūlai .

7 Yīqiè hèn wǒde , dōu jiāo tóu jiē ĕr de yìlùn wǒ . tāmen shèjì yào haì wǒ .

8 Tāmen shuō , yǒu guaì bìng tiē zaì tā shēnshang . tā Yǐtǎng wò , bì bùnéng zaì qǐlai .

9 Lián wǒ zhī jǐ de péngyou , wǒ suǒ yǐkào chī guō wǒ fàn de , yĕ yòng jiǎo tī wǒ .

10 Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ liánxù wǒ , shǐ wǒ qǐlai , hǎo bàofù tāmen .

11 Yīn wǒde chóudí bùdé xiàng wǒ kuā shēng . wǒ cóngcǐ biàn zhīdào nǐ xǐaì wǒ .

12 Nǐ yīn wǒ chún zhēng , jiù fú chí wǒ , shǐ wǒ yǒngyuǎn zhàn zaì nǐde miànqián .

13 Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén , shì yīngdāng chēngsòng de , cóng gèn gǔ zhídào yǒngyuǎn . āmén , āmén .

Shīpiān 41 Commentary

Chapter 41

God's care for his people. (1-4) The treachery of David's enemies. (5-13)

Verses 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 his heart. Sin is the sickness of the soul; pardoning mercy heals it, renewing grace heals it, and for this spiritual healing we should be more earnest than for bodily health.

Verses 5-13 We complain, and justly, of the want of sincerity, and that there is scarcely any true friendship to be found among men; but the former days were no better. One particularly, in whom David had reposed great confidence, took part with his enemies. And let us not think it strange, if we receive evil from those we suppose to be friends. Have not we ourselves thus broken our words toward God? We eat of his bread daily, yet lift up the heel against him. But though we may not take pleasure in the fall of our enemies, we may take pleasure in the making vain their designs. When we can discern the Lord's favour in any mercy, personal or public, that doubles it. If the grace of God did not take constant care of us, we should not be upheld. But let us, while on earth, give heartfelt assent to those praises which the redeemed on earth and in heaven render to their God and Saviour.

Chapter Summary

To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. In this psalm is a prophecy concerning Christ, and concerning Judas Iscariot, as runs part of the title in the Syriac version; and in the Arabic version it is called a prophecy concerning the incarnation, and the salutation of Judas; and certain it is that Psalm 41:9 is to be understood of him, and of his betraying Christ into the hands of his enemies, since it is cited and applied to him by our Lord himself, John 13:18; so that having such a sure rule of interpretation, we may safely venture to explain the whole psalm of Christ, which treats both of his humiliation and exaltation; for it neither agrees with David wholly, nor with Hezekiah, to whom some ascribe it, as Theodoret remarks.