Psalm 41:1 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

¹ Happy are those who consider the poor; the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Blessed is he that considereth the poor: The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) is he who considers the weak and the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the time of evil and trouble.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

Common English Bible

¹ Those who pay close attention to the poor are truly happy! The LORD rescues them during troubling times.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Unto the end. The understanding of the sons of Korah.

Psalm 41:1 Cross References

Psalm 112:9

They have distributed freely, they have given to the poor; their righteousness endures forever; their horn is exalted in honor.

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues them from them all.

Psalm 37:19

they are not put to shame in evil times, in the days of famine they have abundance.

Psalm 37:26

They are ever giving liberally and lending, and their children become a blessing.

Proverbs 14:21

Those who despise their neighbors are sinners, but happy are those who are kind to the poor.

Proverbs 16:14

A king's wrath is a messenger of death, and whoever is wise will appease it.

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and will be repaid in full.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Jeremiah 39:17

But I will save you on that day, says the Lord, and you shall not be handed over to those whom you dread.

Mark 14:7

For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish; but you will not always have me.

Acts 20:35

In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Galatians 2:10

They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was eager to do.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, beloved, to admonish the idlers, encourage the faint hearted, help the weak, be patient with all of them.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

James 2:13

For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.

Ruth 2:19

Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you.” So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, and said, “The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz.”