KJV King James Version
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
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Psalm 41:3
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
Surrounding context — Psalm 41
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
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2 Kings 20:5-6Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.Psalm 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.Philippians 2:26-27For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.2 Corinthians 4:16-17For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.2 Kings 1:16And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, [is it] not because [there is] no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.2 Kings 1:6And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] thou sendest to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
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