Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The figures of Psalms 41:3 are drawn from the acts of a kind nurse.
The Psalmist celebrates the blessedness of those who compassionate the poor, conduct strongly contrasted with the spite of his enemies and neglect of his friends in his calamity. He prays for God's mercy in view of his ill desert, and, in confidence of relief, and that God will vindicate his cause, he closes with a doxology. (Psalms 41:1-13)
God rewards kindness to the poor (Proverbs 19:17). From Psalms 41:2, Psalms 41:11 it may be inferred that the Psalmist describes his own conduct.
poor—in person, position, and possessions.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 41:3:
Psalms 41:1-3
Psalms 41:3
Romans 16:2
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