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 leader of the music. A psalm of David.” Happy is he who hath regard to 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; He shall be happy on the earth; Thou wilt not give him up 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.

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of disease; All his bed thou wilt change in his sickness.

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 me, 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.

If one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth malice; When he goeth abroad, he uttereth 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 mischief:

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

“A deadly disease cleaveth fast unto him; He lieth down, and he shall never arise!”

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

Yea, my familiar friend in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, —He 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 do thou, O LORD! have pity upon me; 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 favorest me, Because my enemy doth not triumph over me.

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

As for me, thou wilt uphold me in my integrity; Thou wilt set me before thy face for ever!

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

[Praised be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen! Amen!]