Psalms 41:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל בְּי֥וֹם רָ֝עָ֗ה יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾašrê maśkîl unto-dāl in-yôm rāʿâ yəmalləṭēhû Yahweh

Grammar Details

• *ʾašrê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct state - blessed/happy
• *maśkîl*: verb, Hiphil participle, masculine singular - one who gives attention to/considers
• *dāl*: adjective, masculine, singular - with 'el' preposition - weak/poor/needy
• *yôm*: noun, masculine, singular - with prefixed 'bə' preposition ('in') - day
• *rāʿâ*: noun, feminine, singular - evil/distress/calamity
• *yəmalləṭēhû*: verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - will deliver him
• *Yahweh*: proper noun - divine name

Word Meanings

• *ʾašrê*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *maśkîl*: one who considers/gives attention to/acts wisely toward
• *dāl*: poor/weak/helpless/thin/low
• *rāʿâ*: evil/distress/misery/calamity/disaster

Referenced Verses

• Ps 27:12 : 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.
• Ps 33:19 : 19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
• Ps 37:22 : 22 For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
• Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him. 33 Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.
• Ps 91:3-7 : 3 For he will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; [But] it shall not come nigh thee.
• Ps 128:1-6 : 1 A Song of Ascents. Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways. 2 For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table. 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah. 5 Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 6 Yea, see thou thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
• Ps 140:8-9 : 8 Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, [lest] they exalt themselves. {H5542} 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
• Jer 45:4-5 : 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land. 5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
• 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.