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.

For the end, a Psalm of David. Blessed [is the man] who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an 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 keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

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

May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; you have made 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, O Lord, have mercy upon 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 have spoken evil against me, [saying], 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 came to see [me], his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.

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

All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.

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

They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he not rise up 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 trusted, who ate my bread, 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, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall 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 have delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me.

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

But you did help me because of [mine] innocence, and have established me before you 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. So be it, so be it.