- Preserved and Blessed
Psalm 41:2
The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he will be blessed upon the earth:
And thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
The condition for the promises of this verse is the same as the condition of the previous verse: if you consider the poor. The promise of blessedness appears once again: considering the poor causes blessings for the considerer.
The promise to be preserved and to be kept alive involves spiritual and eternal life as well as physical life. The promise not to be delivered to the will of enemies includes both physical and spiritual enemies. The will of enemies is to steal, kill and destroy. God promises to deliver from their will, meaning He promises to preserve and keep alive.
The generous believer prays, “Thy will be done,” that the will of the Enemies is thwarted every time in our lives and in the live of others. The generous believer prays, “Give us this day our daily bread,” for God gives generously to him and all those for whom he is praying. The generous believer prays, “But deliver us from evil,” expecting the Lord to fulfill his promises of not delivering us to the enemies but delivering us from the enemies. The generous believer includes the poor in his prayers for he “considers them.”