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 leader; for Jeduthun. A psalm of David. Happy are those who consider the weak; in the day of misfortune the Lord will deliver them.

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.

He will keep them safe, happy, and long in the land, and not give them up to the rage of their foes.

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

The Lord will sustain them on bed of languishing; tending their sickness, as long as they lie.

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

For this cause I say, “Lord, show me your favor; heal me, because I have sinned against you.”

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

My enemies speak of me nothing but evil, “When will he die, and his name pass away?”

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

When one comes to see me, their words ring hollow; their heart keeps gathering mischief the while; and when they go out, they give it speech.

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

In secret they whisper together against me, all those who hate me plot evil against me.

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

“Some fatal disease has fastened upon him; and now that he lies, he will rise up no more.”

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

My most trusted friend, on whom I relied, who ate of my bread, has turned against me.

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

But do you, Lord, graciously raise me up, that I may pay them their due reward.

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

By this will I know you delight in me: if my foes may not shout over me in triumph.

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

For my innocence you uphold me, and set me forever before your face.

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.