2 The Lord protects and preserves them- they are counted among the blessed in the land- he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.

Other Translations of Psalm 41:2

King James Version

2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

English Standard Version

2 the Lord protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.

The Message

2 God looks after us all, makes us robust with life - Lucky to be in the land, we're free from enemy worries.

New King James Version

2 The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

New Living Translation

2 The Lord protects them and keeps them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 41:2

Commentary on Psalm 41:1-4

(Read Psalm 41:1-4)

The people of God are not free from poverty, sickness, or outward affliction, but the Lord will consider their case, and send due supplies. From his Lord's example the believer learns to consider his poor and afflicted brethren. This branch of godliness is usually recompensed with temporal blessings. But nothing is so distressing to the contrite believer, as a fear or sense of the Divine displeasure, or of sin in his heart. Sin is the sickness of the soul; pardoning mercy heals it, renewing grace heals it, and for this spiritual healing we should be more earnest than for bodily health.