Psalms 41:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; For I have sinned against thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְֽהוָ֗ה יִ֭סְעָדֶנּוּ עַל־עֶ֣רֶשׂ דְּוָ֑י כָּל־מִ֝שְׁכָּב֗וֹ הָפַ֥כְתָּ בְחָלְיֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Yahweh yisʿādenû upon-ʿereś dəwāy all-miškābô hāpaktā in-ḥālyô

Grammar Details

*Yahweh*: proper noun - divine name
*yisʿādenû*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - will sustain/support him
*ʿereś*: noun, masculine, singular - with prefixed 'ʿal' preposition ('upon') - bed/couch
*dəwāy*: noun, masculine, singular - sickness/illness
*miškābô*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bed/couch
*hāpaktā*: verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have turned/changed
*ḥālyô*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with prefixed 'bə' preposition ('in') - his sickness

Word Meanings

*yisʿādenû*: will sustain/support/strengthen/uphold him
*ʿereś*: bed/couch/divan
*dəwāy*: illness/sickness/languishing
*miškābô*: his bed/couch/place of lying down
*hāpaktā*: you have turned/changed/transformed/overturned
*ḥālyô*: his sickness/illness/disease

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Referenced Verses

Ps 103:3 : 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases;
Ps 147:3 : 3 He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.
Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Jas 5:15-16 : 15 and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The {G1754} supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
2 Chr 30:18-20 : 18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Jehovah pardon every one 19 that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary. 20 And Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
Ps 6:2-4 : 2 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled. 3 My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long? 4 Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.
Ps 32:5 : 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. {H5542}
Ps 51:1-4 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

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