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.

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 YHWH preserves him and revives him, He is blessed in the land, And You do not give him into 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 YHWH supports [him] on a bed of sickness, You have turned his bed in his weakness.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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