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.

Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

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.

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and you will not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

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

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: you will make all his bed in his sickness.

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

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.

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

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall 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 he comes to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells 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!”

An evil disease, say they, cleaves fast unto him: and now that he lies he shall 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 trusted, which did eat of my bread, has 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 you, O LORD, be merciful 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 you favour me, because mine enemy does not triumph over me.

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

And as for me, you uphold me in mine integrity, and set me before your face for ever.

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

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