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Psalms 41:2

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— The LORD will protect him and keep him alive, And he shall be called blessed upon the earth; And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth; and deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Yahweh, will preserve him and keep him alive, And he shall be pronounced happy in the land, Do not then give him up at the desire of his enemies!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The Lord will keepe him, and preserue him aliue: he shalbe blessed vpon the earth, and thou wilt not deliuer him vnto the will of his enemies.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— The LORD will preserue him, and keepe him aliue, and he shall be blessed vpon the earth; and thou wilt not deliuer him vnto the will of his enemies.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, and he shall bless him upon the earth; he will not deliver him into the hands of his enemies.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Yahweh 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.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
will preserve 8104
{8104} Prime
שָׁמַר
shamar
{shaw-mar'}
A primitive root; properly to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard; generally to protect, attend to, etc.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
him, and keep him alive; 2421
{2421} Prime
חָיַה
chayah
{khaw-yaw'}
A prim root (compare H2331, H2424); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
[and] he shall be blessed 833
{0833} Prime
אָשַׁר
'ashar
{aw-shar'}
A primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively to go forward, be honest, prosper.
z8795
<8795> Grammar
Stem - Pual (See H8849)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 199
upon the earth: 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
and thou wilt not x408
(0408) Complement
אַל
'al
{al}
A negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing.
deliver 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
him unto the will 5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
of his enemies. 341
{0341} Prime
אֹיֵב
'oyeb
{o-yabe'}
Active participle of H0340; hating; an adversary.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 41:1-3.


Psalms 41:2

_ _ shall be blessed — literally, “led aright,” or “safely,” prospered (Psalms 23:3).

_ _ upon the earth — or land of promise (Psalms 25:13; Psalms 27:3-9, etc.).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 41:1-4.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
preserve:

Psalms 33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 91:3-7 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence. ... A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.
Jeremiah 45:4-5 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, [that] which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. ... And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek [them] not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

blessed:

Psalms 128:1-6 [[A Song of degrees.]] Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. ... Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.
1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

thou wilt not:
or, do not thou,
Psalms 27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Psalms 37:32-33 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. ... The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Psalms 140:8-9 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah. ... [As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
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Ps 27:12; 33:19; 37:32; 91:3; 128:1; 140:8. Jr 45:4. 1Ti 4:8.

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