The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends.
1 How blessed is he who 1considers the helpless; The LORD will deliver him 2in a day of trouble.
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The LORD will 3protect him and keep him alive, And he shall be called4blessed upon the earth; And 5do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.
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The LORD will sustain him upon his sickbed*; In his illness, You restore him to health*.
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As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; 6Heal my soul, for 7I have sinned against You."
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My enemies8speakevil against me, "When will he die, and his nameperish?"
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And when he comes to see me, he 9speaksfalsehood; His heartgatherswickedness to itself; When he goesoutside, he tells it.
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All who hate me whispertogetheragainst me; Against me they 10devise my hurt, saying,
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.