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.

To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time 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 keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

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

The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.

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

I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.

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

My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

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

If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.

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

All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

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

They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

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

Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.

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

But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.

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

By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.

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

And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.

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

May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.