Psalms 41

1 Blessed is he who considers a poor man. Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

For the chief musician. A psalm of David. Blessed is he who is concerned for the weak; in the day of trouble, Yahweh will rescue him.

2 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth. And thou do not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

Yahweh will preserve him and keep him alive, and he will be blessed on the earth; Yahweh will not turn him over to the will of his enemies.

3 Jehovah will support him upon the bed of languishing. Thou will make all his bed in his sickness.

Yahweh will support him on the bed of suffering; you will make his bed of sickness into a bed of healing.

4 I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

5 My enemies speak evil against me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?

My enemies speak evil against me, saying, 'When will he die and his name perish?'

6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

If my enemy comes to see me, he says worthless things; his heart gathers up my disaster for itself; when he goes away from me, he tells others about it.

7 All who hate me whisper together against me. Against me they devise my hurt.

All who hate me whisper together against me; against me they hope for my hurt.

8 An evil disease, they say, clings firm to him. And now that he lies he shall rise up no more.

They say, “An evil disease holds on tightly to him; now that he is lying down, he will rise up no more.”

9 Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

Indeed, even my own close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

10 But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up that I may requite them.

But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me and raise me up so that I may pay them back.

11 By this I know that thou delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

By this I know that you delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

12 And as for me, thou uphold me in my integrity, and set me before thy face forever.

As for me, you support me in my integrity and will keep me before your face forever.

13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Truly, and Truly.

May Yahweh, the God of Israel be praised from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.