Psalms Chapter 41 verse 4 Holy Bible
I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
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I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.
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As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
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I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
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The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
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I said, "Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you."
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I -- I said, `O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - I said; rather, as for me, I said. The writer pointedly marks that he turns here from considering the blessedness of the compassionate man to contemplation of his own case - his afflictions and sufferings. Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. The worst of all his woes - the root and origin of them all - fons et origo mall, is his own sinfulness. Unless that is cured, all other alleviation is vain. Hence, after the first general cry for mercy, he goes to the root of the matter, "Heal my soul." There, within me, in the depths of my nature, is the worst malady. Heal that, and soon all will be well with me.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) I said.--After the general statement, the poet applies it to his own case, which showed such sadly different conduct on the part of friends from whom more than sympathy might have been expected. The pronoun is emphatic: In my case, I said, etc.But it is a singular mark of the psalmist's sincerity and genuineness that he first looks into his own heart for its evil before exposing that of his friends.
