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 Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in 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 preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

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

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

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

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

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

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

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

And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

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

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

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

An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

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

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

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

But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite 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 thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth 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.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

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

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