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.

Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles.

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 protects them and allows them to live [for a long time]. He enables them to be happy in the land [of Israel], and rescues them from their enemies.

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

When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them.

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

[When I was sick], I said, “Yahweh, be merciful to me and heal me; [I know that I am sick because] I have sinned against you.”

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

My enemies say cruel things about me; they say, “How soon will he die, and then everyone will forget about him [MTY]? (OR, he will not have [any descendants to continue] his name).”

6 My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

When my enemies come to me, they falsely say that they [are concerned about me]. They listen to bad news about (me/my health). Then they go away and tell everywhere what is happening to me.

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

All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope/desire that very bad things will happen to me.

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

They say, “He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed [before he dies].”

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

Even my best friend, whom I trusted very much, who [often] ate with me, has (betrayed me/put me into my enemies’ hands) [IDM].

10 But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.

But Yahweh, be merciful to me, and enable me to become healthy [again]. When you do that, I will be able to (pay back my enemies/get revenge on my enemies/cause my enemies to suffer like they caused me to suffer).

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

[If you enable me to] do that, with the result that my enemies do not defeat me, I will know that you are pleased with me.

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

[I will know that] it is because I have done what is right that you have helped me, and [I will know that] you will let me be with you forever.

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

Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship]; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so!