Blessed are the Merciful (Psalm 41)

We have in this psalm the cry of the merciful. It is the cry of the merciful man in trouble. And he knows that he will be delivered. The first verse is the main theme: Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the time of trouble. The writer is David. David in trouble, but trusting in God. First, we find a description of the blessedness of a merciful man; second, we hear of the trouble of the merciful; and third, we listen to his pitiful plea, which is at the same...