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.” Happy is he that careth for the poor: on the day of evil will the Lord deliver him.

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; he shall be made happy on the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the revengeful desire 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 sustain him upon the bed of painful disease: thou changest all his couch in his sickness.

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

I said, Lord, 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?”

My enemies speak evil of 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 if he come to see [me], he speaketh falsely: his heart gathereth wickedness to itself; he goeth abroad [and] speaketh it.

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

Altogether whisper against me all that hate me: against me do they devise my injury.

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

“His godless deed [say they] is poured out over him: as he lieth there he will never more rise up again.”

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

Yea, even the man that should have sought my welfare, in whom I trusted, who eateth 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, O Lord, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite it unto them.

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

By this do I know that thou art pleased with me, that my 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 my integrity, and placest me before thy presence for ever.

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

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