Psalms 41:2

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“The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.”

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BSBPD

“The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 41:2 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 14:29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
  2. Ruth 2:19Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
  3. Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
  4. Psalms 33:19to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
  5. Psalms 37:22Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.
  6. Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
  7. Psalms 91:3Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
  8. Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
  9. Psalms 140:8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
  10. Proverbs 11:17A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
  11. Proverbs 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
  12. Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
  13. Proverbs 31:20She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
  14. Jeremiah 39:17But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.
  15. Jeremiah 45:4Thus 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.
  16. 1 Timothy 4:8For 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.

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