King James Version

Psalms 41:3

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 41:4.

יְֽהוָ֗הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).יִ֭סְעָדֶנּוּyisadenvcomfortסָעַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “comfort”, an unfinished actionH5582to suport (mostly figurative)comfort, establish, hold up, refresh self, strengthen, be upholden.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עֶ֣רֶשׂerescouchעֶרֶשׂnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “couch”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6210a couch (properly, with a canopy)bed(-stead), couch.דְּוָ֑יdevaylanguishingדְּוַיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “languishing”, the ordinary formH1741sickness; figuratively, loathinglanguishing, sorrowful.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מִ֝שְׁכָּב֗וֹmishkavvobedמִשְׁכָּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4904a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercoursebed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.הָפַ֥כְתָּhafakhtachangeהָפַךְverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “change”, a completed actionH2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert[idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).בְחָלְיֽוֹvechaleyvoin diseaseחֳלִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in disease”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2483malady, anxiety, calamitydisease, grief, (is) sick(-ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(41-4) The LORD support him upon the bed of illness; mayest Thou turn all his lying down in his sickness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his sickness.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

World English Bible

Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

Darby Translation

Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.

Douay-Rheims

My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(41-4) The LORD support him upon the bed of illness; mayest Thou turn all his lying down in his sickness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριος βοηθήσαι αὐτῷ ἐπὶ κλίνης ὀδύνης αὐτοῦ, ὅλην τὴν κοίτην αὐτοῦ ἔστρεψας ἐν τῇ ἀῤῥωστίᾳ αὐτοῦ.