Psalms 41

1 Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

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 will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and you will not deliver him unto 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 will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: you will make all his bed in his sickness.

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

4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.

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

5 Mine enemies speak evil of 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 comes to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it.

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

7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

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

8 An evil disease, say they, cleaves fast unto him: and now that he lies he shall rise up no more.

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

9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

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

10 But you, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may 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 you favour me, because mine enemy does not triumph over me.

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

12 And as for me, you uphold me in mine integrity, and set me before your face for ever.

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

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

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