Psalms 41:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that considereth ye poore: God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

Transliteration

to-the-mənaṣṣēaḥ mizmôr to-dāwid

Grammar Details

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: noun, masculine, singular - with prefixed 'la' preposition ('to/for') - director/choirmaster
• *mizmôr*: noun, masculine, singular - psalm/song
• *dāwid*: proper noun - with prefixed 'lə' preposition ('to/for') - David

Word Meanings

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: director/choirmaster/supervisor/chief musician
• *mizmôr*: psalm/melody/song with instrumental accompaniment

Referenced Verses

• Prov 14:21 : 21 Who so dispiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore.
• Prov 19:17 : 17 He that hath pitie vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and looke what he layeth out, it shalbe payde hym agayne.
• Ps 37:19 : 19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme: and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough.
• Acts 20:35 : 35 I haue shewed you all thinges, howe that so labouryng ye ought to receaue the weake, and to remember ye wordes of the Lorde Iesu, howe that he said, it is more blessed to geue, then to receaue.
• 2 Cor 9:8-9 : 8 God is able to make you riche in all grace, that ye in all thynges hauyng sufficient vnto the vtmost, may be riche vnto all maner of good workes, 9 As it is written: He hath sparsed abrode, and hath geuen to the poore, his ryghteousnesse remayneth for euer. 10 He that ministreth seede vnto ye sower, ministreth bread also for foode, and multiplieth your seede, and encreaseth the fruites of your ryghteousnesse: 11 That in all thynges ye may be made riche into all singlenesse, which causeth through vs, that thankes are geuen vnto God. 12 For the administration of this seruice, not only supplieth ye neede of the saintes: but also is aboundaunt by the thankes geuyng of many vnto God, 13 Which by the experiment of this ministration, prayse God for the obedience of your consentyng to the Gospell of Christe, and for your singlenesse in distributyng to them, and to all men: 14 And by their prayers for you, which long after you, for the aboundaunt grace of God in you.
• Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not vnryghteous, to forget your worke & labour of loue, whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name, hauyng ministred to the saintes, and do minister.
• Jas 2:13 : 13 For he shall haue iudgement without mercie, that sheweth no mercie: And mercie reioyceth agaynst iudgement.
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because thou hast kept the wordes of my patience, therfore I wyll kepe thee from the houre of temptation, which wyll come vpon all the worlde, to trie them that dwel vpon the earth.
• Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath distributed abrode, he hath geuen to the poore: his righteousnes remayneth for euer, his horne shalbe exalted with glory.
• Ps 37:26 : 26 The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth: and his seede is blessed.
• Ps 37:39-40 : 39 But saluation of the righteous commeth of God: whiche is also their strength in time of trouble. 40 And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them, he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly: and he wyll saue them, because they put their trust in him.
• Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If one of thy brethren among you be poore within any of thy gates in thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee: thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut to thine hande from thy poore brother: 8 But thou shalt open thine hande vnto hym, and lende hym sufficient for his neede which he hath. 9 Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, the seuenth yere, the yere of freedome is at hande: and therfore it greeueth thee to loke on thy poore brother, and geuest hym naught, and he then crye vnto the Lorde agaynst thee, and it be sinne vnto thee: 10 Thou shalt geue hym, and let it not greeue thine heart to geue vnto hym: Because that for this thyng the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all thy workes, and in all that thou puttest thine hande to. 11 The lande shall neuer be without poore: and therfore I comaunde thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hande vnto thy brother that is needy & poore in thy lande.
• Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Lay thy bread vpon wette faces, and so shalt thou finde it after many dayes. 2 Geue part seue days, & also vpon the eyght: for thou knowest not what miserie shall come vpon earth.
• Isa 58:7-9 : 7 To deale thy bread to the hungrie, and to bring the poore wandering home into thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou couer hym, and hide not thy selfe from thy neighbour, and despise not thyne owne fleshe? 8 Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thy health florishe right shortly: righteousnesse shall go before thee, and the glory of the Lorde shall embrace thee. 9 Then if thou callest, the Lorde shall aunswere thee, if thou cryest, he shall say, here I am: yea if thou layest away from thee thy burthens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceassest from vngracious talking: 10 If thou hast compassion vpon the hungrie, and refreshest the troubled soule: then shall thy light spring out in the darknesse, and thy darknesse shalbe as the noone day. 11 The Lorde shall euer be thy guyde, and satisfie the desire of thyne heart in the tyme of drought, and fill thy bones with mary: Thou shalt be like a freshe watred garden, and like the fountaine of water that neuer leaueth running.
• Matt 25:34-39 : 34 Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde. 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me. 37 Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke? 38 When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee?
• Mark 14:7 : 7 For ye haue poore with you alwayes, and whensoeuer ye wyll, ye may do the good: but me haue ye not alwayes.
• Luke 14:13-14 : 13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poore, the feeble, the lame, & the blynde, 14 And thou shalt be happy, for they can not recompence thee: For thou shalt be recompenced at the resurrection of the iust men.
• Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersitie come, and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say, I haue not pleasure in them:
• Prov 16:14 : 14 The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.
• Job 29:12-16 : 12 For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym. 13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce. 14 And why? I put vpon me righteousnesse, which couered me as a garment, and equitie was my crowne. 15 I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
• Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne: 17 If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof: 18 (For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the wydowe) 19 If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of rayment: 20 If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe:
• Ps 34:19 : 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous: but God deliuereth him out of all.
• Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Iudge ryght vnto the poore and fatherlesse: dispatch according to iustice suche as be afflicted and in necessitie. 4 Deliuer the poore and outcast: saue them from the hande of the vngodly.
• Gal 2:10 : 10 Onely that we shoulde remember the poore: Wherin also I was diligent to do the same.
• 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 We exhort you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comfort the feeble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men.