Psalm 41:3

Modern

The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

Traditional

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

Literal

YHWH will support him on his couch of illness; You turn over all his bed in his sickness.

Latin

Dominus opem ferat illi super lectum doloris ejus; universum stratum ejus versasti in infirmitate ejus.

Hebrew

English

The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

on his bed of illness: This illness might be physical or spiritual (see Psalm 6:2; Psalm 38).

In this wisdom psalm, the psalmist:

Theme notes and profiles

2 Kings 20:5–6
“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
Philippians 2:26–27
For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
2 Corinthians 4:16–17
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
2 Kings 1:16
And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
2 Kings 1:6
They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”