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 victorie, the song of Dauid. Blessid is he that vndurstondith `on a nedi man and pore; the Lord schal delyuere hym in the yuel dai.

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 kepe hym, and quykene hym, and make hym blesful in the lond; and bitake not hym in to the wille of his enemyes.

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

The Lord bere help to hym on the bed of his sorewe; thou hast ofte turned al his bed stre in his sijknesse.

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

I seide, Lord, haue thou mercy on me; heele thou my soule, for Y synnede ayens thee.

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

Myn enemyes seiden yuels to me; Whanne schal he die, and his name schal perische?

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

And if he entride for to se, he spak veyn thingis; his herte gaderide wickidnesse to hym silf.

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

He yede with out forth; and spak to the same thing. Alle myn enemyes bacbitiden pryuyli ayens me; ayens me thei thouyten yuels to me.

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

Thei ordeineden an yuel word ayens me; Whether he that slepith, schal not leie to, that he rise ayen?

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

For whi the man of my pees, in whom Y hopide, he that eet my looues; made greet disseit on me.

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

But thou, Lord, haue merci on me, and reise me ayen; and Y schal yelde to hem.

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

In this thing Y knew, that thou woldist me; for myn enemye schal not haue ioye on me.

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

Forsothe thou hast take me vp for ynnocence; and hast confermed me in thi siyt with outen ende.

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

Blessid be the Lord God of Israel, fro the world and in to the world; be it doon, be it doon.