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 Melody of David. How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh 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.

Yahweh, will preserve him and keep him alive, And he shall be pronounced happy in the land, Do not then give him up at the desire of his enemies!

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

Yahweh, will sustain him upon the bed of sickness, All his couch, hast thou transformed in his disease.

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

I, said—O Yahweh, show me favour, heal thou my soul, for I have sinned against thee:

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

Mine enemies, speak ill 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 have come to see me, Falsehood, doth he speak, His own heart, gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth forth, abroad he telleth it.

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

Together—against me, do all who hate me whisper among themselves, Against me, devise they hurt for me.

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

An infliction of the Abandoned One hath been fixed upon him, and, now that he hath lien down, he will not again rise.

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

Even the man whom I used to salute, in whom I put confidence, who used to eat my bread, —hath magnified 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 Yahweh, show me favour and raise me up, That I may repay them.

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

Hereby, do I know that thou delightest in me, In that mine enemy shall not raise a shout over me.

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

But, as for me, In my blamelessness, hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age-abiding.

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

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From the age that is past, even unto the age yet to come: Amen and Amen!