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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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