Psalms 41

1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.

Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

2 The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.

May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.

3 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.

4 I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”

5 My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”

My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

6 My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.

7 All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:

All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

8 “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”

They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?

9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.

10 But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.

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

By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

12 In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.

But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.

13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.