Psalms 41

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

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.

2 The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

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.

3 The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.

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

4 I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

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

5 My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?

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

6 And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.

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

7 All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.

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

8 They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

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

9 For even the man of peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.

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

10 But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again: and I will requite them.

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

11 By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

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

12 But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

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

13 Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.

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