Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 To the overseer: chanting of David. Happy he attending to the weak one: in the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him. 2 Jehovah will watch him and preserve him alive; he shall be happy upon the earth, and thou wilt not give him to the soul of his enemies.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 14:21
He despising to his neighbor, sins: and he compassionating the poor, he is happy.
Psalm 37:19
They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
When the needy shall be among thee, from one of thy brethren, in one of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, and thou shalt not shut thy hand from thy needy brother.
Job 29:12-16
For I shall deliver the poor crying, and the orphan, and none helping to him.
Job 31:16-20
If I shall withhold from the desire of the poor, and cause the eyes of the widow to fail;
Psalm 34:19
Many the evils of the just one, and Jehovah will deliver him from all of them.
Psalm 37:26
All the day he compassionates and lends; and his seed to be blessed.
Psalm 37:39-40
And the salvation of the just is from Jehovah: their strength in time of straits.
Psalm 82:3-4
Judge ye the poor one, and the orphan: do justice to the humble one and the poor one
Psalm 112:9
He scattered, he gave to the needy; his justice stands forever; his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Proverbs 16:14
The king's wrath, messengers of death: and a wise man shall expiate it
Proverbs 19:17
He pitying the poor lends to Jehovah, and he will recompense to him his act.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
Send forth thy bread upon the face of the waters, for in a multitude of days thou shalt find it
Ecclesiastes 12:1
And remember him creating thee in the days of thy youth, till even when the days of evil shall not come, and the years draw near in which thou shalt say, Not to me delight in them;
Isaiah 58:7-11
Is it not to break thy bread to the hungry, and thou shalt bring the wandering poor to thy house? when thou shalt see the naked and cover him; and thou shalt not hide from thy flesh.
Matthew 25:34-39
Then shall the king say to them from his right, Come, the praised of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Mark 14:7
For always have ye the poor with you, and when ye wish ye can do them good: and me ye have not always.
Luke 14:13-14
But when thou makest an entertainment, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Acts 20:35
I shewed you all things, that so being wearied ye must support the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that himself said, It is happy to give rather than receive.
2 Corinthians 9:8-14
And God able for all grace to abound in you; having always all sufficiency in everything, ye abound in every good work:
Galatians 2:10
Only that we remember the poor; and this same was I forward to do.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we beseech you, brethren, remind the disorderly, encourage the timid, sustain the weak, and be slow to anger to all.
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust to forget your work and fatigue of love, which ye showed to his name, having served to the holy ones, and serving.
James 2:13
For unpropitiated judgment to him not doing mercy; and mercy boasteth against judgment.
Revelation 3:10
For thou didst keep the word of my patience, and I will keep thee from the hour of temptation, about to come upon the whole habitable globe, to try them dwelling upon the earth.