Psalm 41:2 “The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land…”

Psalm 41:2

The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

American Standard Version

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord will keepe him, and preserue him aliue: he shalbe blessed vpon the earth, and thou wilt not deliuer him vnto the will of his enemies.

Darby Translation

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

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Cross references

“preserve”

Psalm 33:19 Psalm 91:3–7 Jeremiah 45:4 Jeremiah 45:5

Psalm 33:19 · BSB

to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

Psalm 91:3–7 · BSB

Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.

Jeremiah 45:4 · BSB

Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.

Jeremiah 45:5 · BSB

But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”

“blessed”

1 Timothy 4:8 Psalm 128:1–6

1 Timothy 4:8 · BSB

For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

Psalm 128:1–6 · BSB

Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!

“thou wilt not”

Psalm 27:12 Psalm 37:32 Psalm 37:33 Psalm 140:8 Psalm 140:9

Psalm 27:12 · BSB

Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Psalm 37:32 · BSB

Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,

Psalm 37:33 · BSB

the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.

Psalm 140:8 · BSB

Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

Psalm 140:9 · BSB

May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

Also

Psalm 37:22

Psalm 37:22 · BSB

Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.

3The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

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