Psalms 41
1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
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 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
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 Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.
Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
4 As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
I — I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
5 Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?
Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth — his name hath perished!
6 And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
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 that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
8 A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.
A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath 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 thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.
11 By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.
12 But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
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 Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen.
Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age — and unto the age. Amen and Amen.
