< 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 Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah 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.
Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
4 I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
I — I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
5 My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth — his name hath perished!
6 My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
And if he came to see — vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out — at the street he speaketh.
7 All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
8 “A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,
10 But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.
11 By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.
12 In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.
13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age — and unto the age. Amen and Amen.