Psalms 41:10 · KJV
“But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.”
— Psalms 41:10
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up {his} heel against me. {mine...: Heb. the man of my peace} {lifted...: Heb. magnified}
By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
Psalms 41 — Context
An evil disease, {say they}, cleaveth fast unto him: and {now} that he lieth he shall rise up no more. {An...: Heb. A thing of Belial}
9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up {his} heel against me. {mine...: Heb. the man of my peace} {lifted...: Heb. magnified}
10But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
Cross References
Luke 19:27
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay {them} before me.
Psalms 109:6-21
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. {Satan: or, an adversary}
Psalms 18:37-42
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
Psalms 57:1
[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until {these} calamities be overpast. {Altaschith: or, Destroy not} {Michtam: or, A golden Psalm}
Psalms 21:8-10
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Psalms 69:22-28
Let their table become a snare before them: and {that which should have been} for {their} welfare, {let it become} a trap.
Psalms 3:3
But thou, O LORD, {art} a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. {for: or, about}