Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Mga Awit 41:2

ואם דל הוא ואין ידו משגת, “and if the afflicted person is poor and cannot afford (the price of the sheep);” we usually find the adjective דל in connection with the body, as in the case of the cows that Pharaoh saw in the dream he told Joseph about in Genesis 41,19. Compare also: “happy he who is happy when he gives his attention to the poor.” Psalms 41,2: משכיל אל דל,“ or Samuel II 13,4: מדוע אתה ככה דל בן המלך, “why are you so poorly, son of a king?!” In none of these examples does the word דל describe one’s financial status. This is why in our verse the Torah had to add the words: “for he cannot afford;”

poor This word can denote bodily ailments, as in “poor and malformed” [Genesis 41:19], “Happy is he who considers the poor” [Psalms 41:2], and “so lean, O son of the king” [II Samuel 13:4]; and it can also denote lack of wealth.