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Psalm 41 Commentary

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KEY THOUGHT: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen [Psalm 41:13 NKJV]

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Psalm 41 NKJV

The Blessing and Suffering of the Godly

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

41 Blessed is he who considers the ^[a]poor;
The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
²The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive,
And he will be blessed on the earth;
You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
³The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness;
You will ^[b]sustain him on his sickbed.

⁴I said, “Lord, be merciful to me;
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.”
⁵My enemies speak evil of me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
⁶And if he comes to see me, he speaks ^[c]lies;
His heart gathers iniquity to itself;
When he goes out, he tells it.

⁷All who hate me whisper together against me;
Against me they ^[d]devise my hurt.
⁸“An^[e] evil disease,” they say, “clings to him.
And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more.”
⁹Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has ^[f]lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰But You, O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up,
That I may repay them.
¹¹By this I know that You are well pleased with me,
Because my enemy does not triumph over me.
¹²As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And set me before Your face forever.

¹³Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
From everlasting to everlasting!
Amen and Amen.

Footnotes

a. Psalm 41:1 helpless or powerless
b. Psalm 41:3 restore
c. Psalm 41:6 empty words
d. Psalm 41:7 plot
e. Psalm 41:8 Lit. A thing of Belial
f. Psalm 41:9 Acted as a traitor

New King James Version (NKJV)

Psalm 41 Commentary

This chapter leaves the New Testament saint feeling uncomfortable. For the strong thoughts of revenge, the saint remembers the word of the LORD that vengeance is of the LORD. For the direct connection between sickness and righteousness, the New Testament saint knows the equation doesn’t always balance that way.

And when the psalmist says that the LORD is pleased with him because the enemy doesn’t triumph over him, the saint is drawn to the many times when the LORD allowed the enemy to carry the day. The saint went home unhappy, in shame, but importantly, in submission and praise.

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

You feel like this psalm is pouring cold water on everything we have held on to so dearly.

However, we are greatly helped by the fact that this chapter is in the Old Testament. The saint can look at the old, raw, and unpolished method of separating mixtures. The separation technique was so crude that you hardly told the difference between the sinner and sin.

With the new technique, the blood of Jesus easily separates the sinner from sin. Sin is punished, and the sinner is loved and saved. Only those individuals who cling to sin (because of personal decisions) are destroyed together with sin.

Regardless, we are still comfortable with the thought that the psalmist hates sin and the results of sin. Let life flow without both. Let wickedness and the perpetrators of wickedness face the music.

Our job as Christians is to tell the world that the individual sinner is not one with sin. Let them stay separate. Let the devil, his angels, and the wickedness they have perpetrated face the music by themselves. Don’t be part of it. God’s plans for you are good and special.

For the separated, the gracious hand of the Creator God remains on them, regardless of physical conditions. You appreciate it once you have tasted it. No wonder Stephen could forgive his brutal killers as he transitioned into glory. When you see the glory of God, nothing physical can be more important.

One thing remains: the praise of the LORD, the God of Israel. This chapter ends Book 1 of the volume of Psalms. It is divided into 5 sections called books. Nearly all of them are written by David. We get a good picture of the shepherd boy and his years of innocence behind his father’s sheep. He became a commander in Saul’s army after defeating Goliath.

Then the most difficult years followed as King Saul wanted David dead. He was on the run for a long time, nearing death at several points. Eventually, David is the King of all Israel. We see all these experiences through his many prayers. He was a man of prayer.

Let your many experiences be punctuated by fervent prayer.

Look at it again. This psalm projects God’s hatred for sin. Eventually, the saint is avenged. At the right time, the unrepentant sinner will look at everything and regret. This psalm discusses this prospect with visuals from David’s environment.

It also remains true that the saint is blessed. The saint may not understand his own blessedness, but it is always there. Of course, not in the shape and color of our unsanctified expectations.

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It has been exciting learning how God can make things happen to his choosen one, God workout something wonderful and fulfils the promises he made to the father of Joseph.

God’s words remains true so are his promises and indeed it has been God working out the salvation of man Kind by Grace through Faith alone.

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Quite thought provoking. Thank you for the passage of scripture.