Psalms 41

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him Who is acting wisely to the poor, In a day of evil YHWH delivers him.

達味詩歌，交與樂官。 眷顧貧窮人的人，真是有福，患難時日，他必蒙上主救助。

2 YHWH preserves him and revives him, He is blessed in the land, And You do not give him into the will of his enemies.

上主必保護他，賜他生存，在世上蒙福，決不將他交給他的仇敵而任敵所欲。

3 YHWH supports [him] on a bed of sickness, You have turned his bed in his weakness.

他呻吟床榻，上主給他支援，他患病時，必使他轉危為安。

4 I said, “O YHWH, favor me, Heal my soul, for I sinned against You,”

我曾哀求你：上主，求你憐憫我」，求你治癒我，因為我得罪了你。

5 My enemies say evil of me: When he dies—his name has perished!

我的仇敵反而惡言辱罵我說：「他何時死，他的名字幾時泯滅？

6 And if he came to see—he speaks vanity, His heart gathers iniquity to itself, He goes out—at the street he speaks.

前來訪我的人，只以虛言相待，其實是心懷惡意，出去便說出來。

7 All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

恨我的人，個個竊竊私議，咒我遭殃生疾：

8 A worthless thing is poured out on him, And because he lay down he does not rise again.

願他身患惡疾! 願他一病不起！

9 Even my ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, Made the heel great against me,

連我素來信賴的知心友好，吃過我飯的人，也舉腳踢我。

10 And You, YHWH, favor me, And cause me to rise, And I give repayment to them.

上主，求你可憐我，使我病除，為使我能對他們加以復仇。

11 By this I have known, That You have delighted in me, Because my enemy does not shout over me.

我以此作為你真愛我的記號：就是不讓我的敵人向我誇耀；

12 As for me, in my integrity, You have taken hold on me, And cause me to stand before You for all time.

你時常保持我無災無難，使我永遠站在你的面前。

13 Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From age to age. Amen and Amen.

願上主，以色列天主，受讚頌，自永遠直到永遠，阿們，阿們