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Psalms 41:13

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, the only true God, from everlasting and to everlasting, through all eternity. Amen, and Amen; yea, yea, this is most certainly true, and the firm confession of all believers.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 41:13. _BLESSED_ BE _THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL_] By all these circumstances and events glory shall redound to the name of God for ever; for the _record_ of these things shall never perish, b...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL - That is, Let the Lord God of Israel be praised, honored, adored. The language is an expression of desire that all honor, all happiness, might be His. It is a recogn...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 41 Faith and Unbelief in View of the Cross _ 1. Faith in Him and the Results (Psalms 41:1)_ 2. Unbelief and its hatred (Psalms 41:4) 3. The vindication of the Christ of the cross ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XLI. THE PRAYER OF A SICK MAN AGAINST CRUEL AND TREACHEROUS FOES. Psalms 41:1. Kindness to the poor is a favourite virtue in the OT, but seems to have no natural place at the beginning of this Ps. We...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BLESSED, &C. Hebrew. _barak,_ not _'ashrei,_ as in Psalms 41:1 and the Beatitudes (App-63). This Doxology concludes the first book of Psalms, also the second book (Psalms 72:18). They were the words o...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This doxology is of course no part of the Psalm, but stands here to mark the close of Book i. Cp. Psalms 72:18-19; Psalms 89:52; Psalms 106:48. _Blessed_be _the Lord God of Israel_ Better as R.V., Ble...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 41 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Regretting that Enemies and Friends should meanly Rejoice in his Sickness, the Psalmist nevertheless Perseveres in Prayer for Pardon and Recovery. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Ps...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL FROM EVERLASTING, AND TO EVERLASTING. AMEN, AND AMEN._ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. Doxology, closing the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The Psalmist has been brought low by sickness, and pronounces a blessing on those who consider such sufferers as himself (Psalms 41:1). His own experience has been of an opposite kind. His enemies hav...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BLESSED. — This doxology is no part of the psalm, but a formal close to the first book of the collection. (See _General Introduction._)...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 41:14]_ בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ יְהוָ֨ה ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵֽ֭

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 41:1 THE central mass of this psalm describes the singer as suffering from two evils: sickness and treacherous friends. This situation naturally leads up to the prayer and confidence of the clo...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “LORD, HEAL MY SOUL” Psalms 41:1 This psalm was probably composed, with the adjacent ones, during the four years in which Absalom's conspiracy was being hatched. Perhaps the anxiety thus caused induc...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This whole song depends for interpretation on its opening beatitude. The man who is considerate toward the weak, who is compassionate, is blessed. His blessings are then described. Emphasize "him" and...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. (k) Amen, and Amen. (k) By this repetition he stirs up the faithful to praise God....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These words form a sweet conclusion, not only to this, but all other situations like the one here described. Several Psalms, with a little variation, close the same: Psalms 72:1; Psalms 89:1; Psalms 1...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    13_Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, for ever and ever _(111) Here the Psalmist confirms and repeats the expression of thanksgiving contained in a preceding verse. By calling God expressly _the G...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 40 AND 41. In Psalms 40 then Christ is seen, not only in His passage through the sorrows which beset His way, if He took up the cause of the disobedient and guil...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BLESSED [BE] THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL,.... Which is said, either by the Messiah, on account of the delight his Father had in him; the favour he had shown him in raising him from the dead, maintaining hi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. Ver. 13. _Blessed be the Lord God of Israel_] Thus he sweetly shutteth up this first book of the psalms (as s...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Blessed be the Lord God of Israel_ A God in covenant with his people; who has done great and kind things for them, and has more and better in reserve; _from everlasting to everlasting_ Or, _from age...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 r...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FROM EVERLASTING, AND TO EVERLASTING; or, _from age to age_, as long as the world lasts, and to all eternity. _Amen_ signifies a hearty assent and approbation, and withal an earnest desire and confide...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 41:13 Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478 everlasting H5769 everlasting H5769 Amen H543 Ame

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Blessed be YHWH, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. The Psalm then ends with words which not only conclude the Psalm but also the whole section. They declare a b...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    You will see, dear friends, from these holy songs, that the saints of God in those olden days were not screened from trials and troubles, but were tempted in all points like as we are. If we happen to...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prayer for relief from sickness and confession of sins. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When we suffer in our reputation, our first concern should be about our integrity and we may the...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    A psalm of David, when sick with grief at Absalom's rebellion. Psalms 41:4. _Heal my soul._ It would appear that David was visited with some temporary sickness, prior to Absalom's rebellion, and that...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _By this I know that Thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me._ PRESENT FAVOUR AND BOUNDLESS HOPE The last words of the psalm are sunny with the assurance of present favour and...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble._ THE PSALMIST’S AFFLICTION The central mass of this psalm describes the singer as suffering from two evils: sic...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 41:1. This is a lament in which a person has fulfilled his responsibilities to the poor and yet is suffering severely. He prays for God’s help and vindication....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION This psalm, like the preceding one, is from the pen of David, and is addressed “to the chief musician,” for use in public religious services. It seems to have been composed with reference...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE forty-first psalm completes the first book of the Psalter. All the psalms contained in it are assigned to David by the titles, except Psalms 1:1; Psalms 2:1; Psalms 10:1;...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let us turn at this time in our Bibles to Psalms 41:1-13. This is another one of the psalms that begins with a beatitude. The very first psalm begins with a beatitude, "Blessed is the man." Here again...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 16:36; 1 Chronicles 29:10; 1 Corinthians 14:16; 1 Kings 1:36;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Amen — Signifies an hearty assent and approbation, and withal an earnest desire of the thing, to which it is annexed. And as the psalms are divided into five books, so each of them is closed with this...

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