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Psalm 41:11

By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.

9Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
11By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
12As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
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Notice

An enemy’s failure to triumph becomes a sign of God’s delight for David, even while the hurt of a trusted friend’s betrayal remains in view.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 25:2My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.Psalm 25 asks that enemies may not triumph; Psalm 41 recognizes their failure to triumph as a sign of God’s delight.
Colossians 2:15Having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.Triumph is the shared word: David’s enemy does not triumph over him, while Colossians describes triumph over principalities and powers.
Psalm 124:6Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.Both psalms credit God when hostile people fail to gain the upper hand over those they threaten.
Psalm 147:11The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.Both passages speak of God’s pleasure in people; Psalm 147 names those who fear him and hope in his loving kindness.
Jeremiah 20:13Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.Both passages acknowledge God’s help against hostile people, with Jeremiah praising deliverance and David recognizing God’s delight.
Psalm 27:12Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.Psalm 27 asks God to prevent adversaries from having their way; Psalm 41 speaks of an enemy who has not triumphed.
Genesis 33:10Jacob said, “Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of …Both speak of being received with pleasure, though Jacob addresses a human recipient and David addresses God.
Job 19:5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach,Both speakers face people set against them; Job describes their reproach, while David speaks of his enemy’s failure to triumph.
Where this verse fits

Broken friendship. injustice and anger. gratitude.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read verses 9–12 and name what gives David confidence

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Encouragement

God’s delight does not mean David has escaped all harm. A friend has betrayed him, yet his enemy’s failure to triumph gives him reason for confidence.

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