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 Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] Blessed is he who considers the poor and needy. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

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 him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.

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 sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

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

I said, "LORD, have mercy on 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 speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

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.

If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

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

All who hate me whisper together 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 wicked thing is poured out on him; and he who lies down will not rise again."

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

Even my own close friend, in whom I trusted, who ate 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, LORD, have mercy on 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, because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.

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

As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, 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 and to everlasting. Amen and amen.