Psalm 41:3 The LORD will strengthen him on the bed of languishing: you will make all his bed in his sickness. The precise meaning of this verse is questioned, some regarding both clauses as descriptive of tender nursing, which sustains the drooping head and smooths the crumpled bedding, while others, noting that the word rendered "bed" in the second clause means properly "lying down," take that clause as descriptive of turning sickness into convalescence. The latter meaning gives it a more appropriate ending to the strophe, as it leaves the sick man healed, not tossing on a disordered bed, as the other explanation does. Jehovah does not half cure. (A. Maclaren, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.WEB: Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness. |
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