Psalms 41

1 For the end, a Psalm of David. Blessed [is the man] who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.

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 May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

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 May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; you have made all his bed in his sickness.

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

4 I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.

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

5 Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, [saying], When shall he die, and his name perish?

Mine enemies, speak ill of me, When will he die, and his name perish?

6 And if he came to see [me], his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.

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 my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.

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

8 They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?

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

9 For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, 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, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.

But, thou, O Yahweh, show me favour and raise me up, That I may repay them.

11 By this I know that you have delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me.

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

12 But you did help me because of [mine] innocence, and have established me before you for ever.

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 God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.

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