Salme 41

1 (Til sangmesteren. En salme af David.) Salig den Mand, der tager sig af de svage, ham frelser HERREN på Ulykkens Dag;

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 HERREN vogter ham, holder ham i Live, det går ham vel i Landet, han giver ham ikke i Fjendevold.

Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

3 På Sottesengen står HERREN ham bi, hans Smertensleje gør du ham let.

Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.

4 Så siger jeg da: Vær mig nådig, HERRE, helbred min Sjæl, jeg har syndet mod dig!

As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

5 Mine Fjender ønsker mig ondt: "Hvornår mon han dør og hans Navn udslettes?"

Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?

6 Kommer en i Besøg, så fører han hyklerisk Tale, hans Hjerte samler på ondt, og så går han bort og taler derom.

And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

7 Mine Avindsmænd hvisker sammen imod mig, alle regner de med, at det går mig ilde:

All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.

8 "En dødelig Sot har grebet ham; han ligger der - kommer aldrig op!"

A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.

9 Endog min Ven, som jeg stolede på, som spiste mit Brød, har løftet Hælen imod mig.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.

10 Men du, o HERRE, vær mig nådig og rejs mig, så jeg kan øve Gengæld imod dem.

But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

11 Deraf kan jeg kende, at du har mig kær, at min Fjende ikke skal juble over mig.

By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

12 Du holder mig oppe i Kraft af min Uskyld, lader mig stå for dit Åsyn til evig Tid.

But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

13 Lovet være HERREN, Israels Gud, fra Evighed og til Evighed, Amen, Amen!

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen.