Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who
The Lord will deliver him
King James Version
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Holman Bible
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.
International Standard Version
Blessed is the one who is considerate of the destitute; the LORD will deliver him when the times are evil.
A Conservative Version
Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
American Standard Version
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Amplified
The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.
Bible in Basic English
Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
Darby Translation
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Julia Smith Translation
To the overseer: chanting of David. Happy he attending to the weak one: in the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.
King James 2000
[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blessed [is the one who] has regard for [the] poor; in [the] day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.
Modern King James verseion
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he who acts wisely toward the poor; Jehovah will deliver him in time of trouble.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Blessed is he, that considereth the poor; the LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble.
NET Bible
For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, the Lord delivers him.
New Heart English Bible
Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
The Emphasized Bible
How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:
Webster
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the time of trouble.
World English Bible
Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
Youngs Literal Translation
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
Themes
Charity » Those that are charitable
Consideration » Those that consider the poor
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 41:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving And A Cry For Help
1 For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who
The Lord will deliver him
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 14:21
The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.
Psalm 37:19
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
If there should be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy towns in thy land which the LORD thy God gives thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother,
Job 29:12-16
because I delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless who had no one to help him.
Job 31:16-20
If I have disturbed the desire of the poor or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Psalm 34:19
Koph Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD shall deliver him out of them all,
Psalm 37:26
He is ever merciful and lends, and his seed is a blessing.
Psalm 37:39-40
Tau But the salvation of the righteous is the LORD; he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psalm 82:3-4
Do right concerning the poor and fatherless; do justice to the poor and destitute.
Psalm 112:9
Pe He has dispersed; he has given to the poor; Tzaddi his righteousness endures for ever; Koph his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of the king is as a messenger of death, but the wise man will avoid it.
Proverbs 19:17
He that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth while the evil days do not come nor the years draw near when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Isaiah 58:7-11
Is it not to share thy bread with the hungry and that thou bring the poor that are cast out into thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou not hide thyself from thy brother?
Matthew 25:34-39
Then shall the King say unto those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Mark 14:7
For ye have the poor with you always, and whenever ye will, ye may do them good; but me ye have not always.
Luke 14:13-14
But when thou makest a banquet, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,
Acts 20:35
I have showed you in all things how that so labouring, ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
2 Corinthians 9:8-14
And God is able to make all grace abound in you that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Galatians 2:10
Only they asked that we should remember the poor; the same which I was also diligent to do.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
We also exhort you, brethren, that you warn those that are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with everyone.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust to forget your work and labour of charity which ye have showed in his name, having helped the saints and helping them.
James 2:13
For judgment without mercy shall be done unto the one that has shown no mercy; and mercy boasts against judgment.
Revelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the entire world, to try those that dwell upon the earth.