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Psalms
Chapter
41
{David's
Prayer for Recovery in Time of Conspiracy}
1a~~
{Title} To the 'chief musician'/'director or music' {natsach}
a
Psalm {mizmowr} of David.
1b~~Blessed is he who has regarded the helpless.
Jehovah/God delivers him in the day of disaster.
{Note: RBT says that psalms 39,41 and 55 are conspiracy psalms written by David approximately at the time of II Samuel 15:12 - the Absalom revolution. This verse gives us David's mental attitude when he discovered the Absalom revolution. He is the helpless one - in a state of humility.}
2~~Jehovah/God will protect him, and keep him alive.
He
will bless him in the land
and
not surrender him to the desires of his enemies.
3~~Jehovah/God
will sustain him
even
when he is ill.
And restore him from the bed of sickness.
4~~I {David} have prayed {Psalm 39 - more of it to follow}, "Jehovah/God, have mercy on me.
Heal
my soul . . .
for
I have sinned against You.
{Note: Pointing out that David rebounded and recovered from the interlocking systems of arrogance.}
5~~My
enemies malign/'speak evil of' me.
{this refers to the conspiracy preceding the Absalom revolution}
When
will he die, and his name perish?
{this refers to Ahithophel (Bathsheba's grandfather) and true brains
in the revolution}
6~~And
if one comes to see me, he speaks deceit.
{reference to Absalom asking permission to go to Hebron in II
Samuel 15:8}
Meanwhile
. . . His 'right lobe'/heart
gathers
propaganda/iniquity to itself.
And, he goes out and spreads it abroad.
7~~All
who hate me, conspire/intrigue together against me.
{idiom: literally 'whisper together against me'}
Against me . . . they imagine the worst for me.
8~~He
has been inflicted with an incurable disease . . .
which
is incurable evil.
Once he lies down, he will not get up again.
{Note: This is Absalom lying down in the interlocking systems of arrogance from which he will not recover.}
9~~Even,
my close friend, in whom I trusted,
the
one who shared my bread,
has
lifted up his heel against me.
{reference again to Ahithophel, David's former 'Secretary of State'}
10~~ But you, O Jehovah/God, have mercy on me.
Raise me up, that I may repay them.
11~~By
this I know that You are pleased with me,
because
my enemy does not triumph over me.
12~~But
as for me,
in
my integrity {David's love for God and His Word},
You
uphold me.
And You cause me to stand in your presence forever.
13~~Praise/'Blessed
be' . . . Jehovah/God . . .
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel {Jesus Christ}
from
everlasting {eternity past} . . .
to
everlasting {eternity future}.
Amen . . . and Amen.
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