Proverbia 41:2

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

[Quemadmodum desiderat cervus ad fontes aquarum,
ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Numquid pones circulum in naribus ejus, aut armilla perforabis maxillam ejus ?

Nova Vulgata (1979)
[41:3] Dominus servabit eum et vivificabit eum et beatum faciet eum in terra et non tradet eum in animam inimicorum eius.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

preserve: Psalms 33:19, Psalms 91:3-7, Jeremiah 45:4, Jeremiah 45:5

blessed: Psalms 128:1-6, 1 Timothy 4:8

thou wilt not: or, do not thou, Psalms 27:12, Psalms 37:32, Psalms 37:33, Psalms 140:8, Psalms 140:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 1:20 - God Deuteronomy 6:24 - he might Deuteronomy 15:10 - because Psalms 102:1 - Hear Psalms 121:7 - he shall Proverbs 14:21 - he that hath Ecclesiastes 11:1 - for Jeremiah 39:17 - I will Luke 6:38 - with Acts 12:11 - and hath 2 Corinthians 9:14 - by

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive,.... Amidst a thousand deaths, to which he is exposed for making a profession of his faith in Christ; see 2 Corinthians 1:10; or this may refer to his spiritual life, which is hid and preserved in Christ, in whom he believes; and is safe and secure; because Christ lives he shall live also, and shall never die the second death, nor be hurt by it, but shall have everlasting life;

[and] he shall be blessed upon the earth; with temporal blessings; for whatever he has, be it more or less, he has it with the blessing of God, and as a blessing of the covenant, and in love, and so is a blessing indeed: and with spiritual blessings; with peace, pardon, righteousness, and a right and title to eternal glory and happiness; and he will be blessed in the new earth, in which righteousness will dwell, and where he will dwell, live, and reign with Christ a thousand years;

and thou wilt not deliver him into the will of his enemies; not into the will of Satan, that roaring lion who would devour him if he might; nor of wicked men, and furious persecutors, whose wrath the Lord makes to praise him; and the remainder of it is restrained by him; some read these words as a prayer, "do not thou deliver him", c. see Psalms 27:12 so Pagninus, Montanus, Junius and Tremellius, Ainsworth, and others.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive - This is a farther statement of the same principle, and it refers to a general, not a universal rule in the divine administration, that acts of piety will be partially rewarded on the earth; or that the divine favor will be shown to those who deal kindly with others. This principle is often referred to in the Scriptures. See Psalms 1:3, note; Psalms 37:3-4, note; Psalms 37:11, note; Psalms 37:23-26, note; Psalms 37:37, note; compare Mat 5:5; 1 Timothy 4:8. The par ticular application here is, that if any one showed kindness to him that was sick or enfeebled by disease, he might expect that God would interpose in his case under similar circumstances, and would “preserve” him, or “keep him alive.” Of course this is to be regarded as a statement made under the general principle. It is not to be interpreted as teaching that this would be universally true, or that he who did this would never die, but the meaning is, that he might look for special divine aid and favor, when he in turn should be sick.

And he shall be blessed upon the earth - This is in accordance with the doctrine noticed above, and so often referred to in the Psalms and elsewhere, that the effect of religion will be to promote happiness and prosperity in this life.

And thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies - Margin: “Do not thou deliver.” The margin, perhaps, expresses most correctly the sense of the original, but still it is an expression of the confident belief of the psalmist that this will not occur; a belief expressed here rather in the form of a prayer than of a direct assertion. The idea is, that he would find God to be a defender and a helper when he was attacked by his foes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 41:2. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive — It is worthy of remark, that benevolent persons, who consider the poor, and especially the sick poor; who search cellars, garrets, back lanes, and such abodes of misery, to find them out, (even in the places where contagion keeps its seat,) very seldom fall a prey to their own benevolence. The Lord, in an especial manner, keeps them alive, and preserves them; while many, who endeavour to keep far from the contagion, are assailed by it, and fall victims to it. God loves the merciful man.